The Alberta government's plan to add Canadian citizenship markers to provincial driver's licences has been met with skepticism by some legal and immigration experts, who worry the measure is a "disproportionate" solution that the province might have a hard time justifying.

Meanwhile, the minister in charge of the change, Dale Nally, said Tuesday that "because we live in Canada, there will be no discrimination."

On Monday, Premier Danielle Smith said driver's licences and ID cards with citizenship markers will begin rolling out late next year. Alberta is the first province to make the markers mandatory.

The province's goal, Smith said, is to streamline access to provincial services that require both proof of identity and citizenship, by combining those requirements into one document.

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