Provincial Priorities Act: Share Your Feedback

The Alberta Government proclaimed Bill 18, the Provincial Priorities Act in spring, 2025. This legislation requires municipalities and other provincially regulated entities to receive approval from the Alberta Government prior to entering into funding agreements with the federal government. Per the legislation, all funding agreements with the federal government need to be provided to Municipal Affairs. Agreements over $100,000 will have to be approved by the most relevant provincial minister and agreements over $5 million will require Cabinet approval. 

ABmunis is concerned that this new requirement could have significant consequences for municipalities, including delaying project approvals and start dates, negative impacts to business cases and project budgets, and potentially cause Albertans to not receive their fair share of federal funding. 

To help ABmunis to advocate on behalf of municipalities, we are asking our members to share their experiences with this new process by filling out a short webform. We will analyse this data and share any trends or areas of concern with the Alberta government to highlight areas where the process can be improved. We feel it is important that this information be gathered from our members so that we have verifiable data to inform further dialogue with the province. 

We appreciate you sharing your experiences with us.