The Alberta government had hit pause on its order for the removal of books with explicit sexual content from libraries, but the premier says that pause will be short lived.

Speaking at an unrelated news conference on Tuesday, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said new rules are on the way.

"It'll be paused for a couple of hours while the ministerial order is rewritten. The direction will be to take books with pornographic images out of the libraries and to leave the classics alone. I think that there was some misunderstanding of the order, so it's being made clear."

Smith said school boards can expect a new ministerial order soon.

"We are hoping that the school boards understand what we're trying to achieve." WATCH | Premier says new ministerial order coming:

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