An Alberta healthcare advocacy group is warning the provincial government is planning to use the notwithstanding clause for the second time in less than a month.

In a Friends of Medicare press release sent out Monday, the group says Bill 9 is expected to be tabled in the legislature this week and will include the use of the notwithstanding clause on three laws the government passed last year.

The laws in question limit the rights of 2SLGBTQ+ Albertans, including access to gender-affirming healthcare, according to the organization.

“Access to health care is a human right. The decision to use the notwithstanding clause shows that the government knows full well that their legislation likely violates the constitutional rights of Albertans, but that they’re deciding to take extreme measures

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