Alberta UCP government readies throne speech for start of busy legislative session
EDMONTON – Alberta’s United Conservative government is getting ready for a speech from the throne to open a legislative session that could be like no other.
Lt.-Gov. Salma Lakhani is expected to deliver the speech in the legislature this afternoon.
Throne speeches are intended to lay out the government’s direction for the coming session and Premier Jason Kenney’s government faces a series of controversial choices.
The budget, which is to come Thursday, will show how the government intends to use energy royalties, now gushing in from high oil prices.