Institution
Public and school library systems, librarians, and the materials they curate.
Bill 28 packages amendments to the Municipal Government Act, Housing Act, and Libraries Act. It establishes a province-wide councillor accountability framework and authorises new restrictions on youth access to sexually explicit material...
Public library administrators and associations in Alberta issued statements expressing concern that Bill 28’s changes to library governance could enable censorship and reduce local control over collections and operations.
Ministerial Order 030/2025 establishes binding, province-wide standards for K–12 school libraries, requiring removal of materials with explicit sexual content and restricting access to other sexual content based on grade level.
Order in Council 41/2025 enacts the Provincial Priorities Regulation, designating various public and quasi-public entities as 'provincial entities' and requiring prior ministerial or Executive Council approval for intergovernmental agreemen
Amends the Libraries Act to repeal the legal frameworks for "community library boards" and "federation boards," consolidating library governance models under municipal, intermunicipal, and library system boards.