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Alberta Introduces Bill Limiting Discipline for Off-Duty Conduct by Regulated Professionals
Bill 13 restricts disciplinary actions to professional competence and ethics, affecting over 100 regulated professions, aiming to protect off-duty freedom of expression, government says.
- On Thursday, Justice Minister Mickey Amery introduced Bill 13, the Regulated Professions Neutrality Act, in the Alberta legislature to narrow regulator discipline and bar off-duty conduct sanctions.
- The government says it acted after hearing nurses, doctors and teachers punished for off-duty comments, with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith linking the bill to high-profile cases like Jordan Peterson and Amy Hamm.
- The bill prohibits mandatory DEI-style training and limits mandatory learning to competence and ethics, while allowing discipline for threats, criminal convictions, sexual misconduct, and improper communications with minors.
- The bill would cover more than 100 regulated professions, and cases requiring review would assess compliance with the act and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms or Alberta Bill of Rights.
- Introduced after a year of scrutiny of regulators, the bill raises constitutional questions as similar cases involving regulated professionals and court appeals in the Jordan Peterson case challenge regulator powers.
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