> - Do you support introducing voter ID for Alberta elections?
I realized that you copied that from BBC, but that's not a correct summary of the question. The official wording [0] of that question is
> 5. Do you support the Government of Alberta introducing a law requiring individuals to provide proof of citizenship, such as a passport, birth certificate or citizenship card, to vote in an Alberta provincial election?
Voter ID is already required for elections [1], but proof of citizenship is not. The vast majority of people (>90% in the previous elections that I worked at) used their drivers' licences as ID, but these don't list your citizenship. And the problem with passports and birth certificates is that they don't show your address (which is required to ensure that you're voting in the correct riding), so they also wouldn't be sufficient.
> - Do you support the Alberta government working with other provinces to allow provinces to opt out of federal programs?
That's also not a correct summary. Provinces are already allowed to opt out of most federally-funded but provincially-administered programs, but nobody wants to do so since that means losing out on the federal funding. The official wording of that question [0] was actually
> 8. Do you support the Government of Alberta working with the governments of other willing provinces to amend the Canadian Constitution to allow provinces to opt out of federal programs that intrude on provincial jurisdiction such as health care, education, and social services, without a province losing any of the associated federal funding for use in its social programs?
So this question is actually asking if Alberta should be allowed to opt out of the federal governments conditions without also opting out of the funding.
[0]: https://www.elections.ab.ca/elections/referendum/
[1]: https://www.elections.ab.ca/voters/id-required-to-vote/
I realized that you copied that from BBC, but that's not a correct summary of the question. The official wording [0] of that question is
> 5. Do you support the Government of Alberta introducing a law requiring individuals to provide proof of citizenship, such as a passport, birth certificate or citizenship card, to vote in an Alberta provincial election?
Voter ID is already required for elections [1], but proof of citizenship is not. The vast majority of people (>90% in the previous elections that I worked at) used their drivers' licences as ID, but these don't list your citizenship. And the problem with passports and birth certificates is that they don't show your address (which is required to ensure that you're voting in the correct riding), so they also wouldn't be sufficient.
> - Do you support the Alberta government working with other provinces to allow provinces to opt out of federal programs?
That's also not a correct summary. Provinces are already allowed to opt out of most federally-funded but provincially-administered programs, but nobody wants to do so since that means losing out on the federal funding. The official wording of that question [0] was actually
> 8. Do you support the Government of Alberta working with the governments of other willing provinces to amend the Canadian Constitution to allow provinces to opt out of federal programs that intrude on provincial jurisdiction such as health care, education, and social services, without a province losing any of the associated federal funding for use in its social programs?
So this question is actually asking if Alberta should be allowed to opt out of the federal governments conditions without also opting out of the funding.
[0]: https://www.elections.ab.ca/elections/referendum/
[1]: https://www.elections.ab.ca/voters/id-required-to-vote/