The Easter weekend have given Alberta MLAs a break from a battle that has raged all week about whether they should be in the legislature debating non-essential bills during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Alberta legislature is sitting from Tuesday to Thursday with the government intending to pass legislation related to the pandemic and its devastating effects on the economy. With COVID-19 spreading across Canada, almost every provincial and territorial legislature had adjourned daily sittings by the third week of March. Alberta is holding regular sittings three days a week where MLAs are debating legislation morning, afternoon and evening. On Thursday, Premier Jason Kenney rejected opposition complaints that the health of MLAs was being put at risk.

Source: CBC News April 11, 2020 12:56 UTC