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Originally Posted by flyrodfisher
Well....it's not a printing problem...
Stopped at a local retailer today...the cashier said that they didn't get the printed version of the regs yet.....but they just got a stack of single page handouts from the government that states "the regs are available online"
They didn't seem to have any problem getting those printed...
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It is gov't policy not to allow Gov't communications out during elections. The online version was out before the election but the printed version was not.
Government of Alberta Election Communication Policy
https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/6718...y-20190207.pdf
"Government of Alberta
Election Communication
Policy
1. Purpose
Election Act restrictions on government advertising and other communications activity exist to
ensure that governments neither involve themselves in nor influence elections.
This policy is is intended to ensure that staff across the Government of Alberta understand their
responsibilities under that Act: how they can – and cannot – communicate before and during a
provincial election or by‑election.
The policy applies to any activity – whether traditionally considered to be a communications
activity or not – which directly or indirectly makes information about government programs or
activities generally known during an election.
Legislative restrictions apply to communications occuring in an election period (from the
dropping of an election writ to the end of polling day). They apply to:
• government departments
• some agencies, boards and commissions (ABCs), and their subsidiaries
• any other organization whose shares are fully or partially controlled by or held in trust for
the Government of Alberta, or that has a majority of members or directors appointed by the
Government of Alberta
Failure to comply with these restrictions can result in the removal of the advertising and
publication of the particulars of the offence."