The provincial government is proposing sweeping changes to citizen-led referendum questions that could put a stop to an active court case about whether it’s constitutional to ask Albertans if they agree with separating from Canada.

Bill 14, introduced Thursday by Justice Minister Mickey Amery, transfers powers from the chief electoral officer to the minister when deciding whether citizen petition initiatives should proceed.

It also includes an amendment to discontinue any court proceeding brought by the chief electoral officer.

The legislation comes just weeks after Court of King’s Bench Justice Colin Feasby heard arguments about a question that chief electoral officer Gordon McClure referred to the courts , seeking an opinion on its constitutionality. The judge’s decision is supposed

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