Speaker of Alberta Legislature Nathan Cooper apologizes for signing statement opposing health restrictions
Posted April 12, 2021 2:42 pm.
EDMONTON (660 NEWS) — Speaker of the Alberta Legislature, Nathan Cooper, is apologizing after signing on to a document opposing COVID-19 health restrictions.
The statement was signed on by 17 UCP MLA’s last week, all voicing their displeasure with health restrictions announced by Alberta premier Jason Kenney.
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“I apologize to each and every one of you for crossing a line that the speaker ought not cross,” said Cooper on Monday. “My goal as speaker has always been to bring forward momentum, learning, and improving. I can assure my colleagues that I have taken significant learnings from this event and I recommit to you to give you my best at every turn and I apologize unreservedly.”
This coming after Kenney raised concerns about the neutrality of Cooper after he put his name on the list.
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Cooper continued on to say his actions may have “jeopardized the importance in supremacy of this principle.”
“The principle of the impartiality of the chair is fundamental to a healthy functioning democracy. I deeply regret my actions.”
