Letters of Support

Bill 28 represents a significant shift away from Alberta’s long-standing model of locally governed, community-responsive public libraries...

Library workers across Alberta are deeply concerned about the direction this legislation takes. It is not grounded in evidence, does not reflect how libraries operate...

As the representative organization of Canada’s urban libraries, we are concerned that Alberta’s legislation is a first step toward government control...

As cornerstones of democracy, it is incumbent upon libraries, and those that support them, to stand up against all efforts to impede the democratic process and limit the full participation in civic life...