Bill 50: ABmunis' Analysis is Now Available

On April 8, 2025, the Government of Alberta released Bill 50: the Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, which proposes amendments to the Local Authorities Election Act (LAEA), Municipal Government Act (MGA), the New Home Buyer Protection Act (NHBPA) and the Safety Codes Act.

We appreciate that Municipal Affairs engaged municipalities in 2024 to inform changes to ICFs and that Municipal Affairs proactively engaged ABmunis and the Rural Municipalities of Alberta in late 2024 on the government’s vision for ICF rules so that implementation challenges could be addressed before the legislation was drafted.

ABmunis is supportive of some of the proposed changes in Bill 50, but it also falls short in many ways from what ABmunis had recommended to the province. We will raise our questions and concerns with Municipal Affairs so they are fully informed about what these proposed changes will mean for municipalities.

We encourage you to download and read ABmunis' full analysis of Bill 50.