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Alberta’s 'Peterson law' leads lawyers' regulator to stop mandating Indigenous education course

March 20, 2026

The regulator for Alberta’s lawyers says it will no longer mandate Indigenous cultural competency training in advance of what Alberta Premier Danielle Smith calls the “Peterson law” coming into effect.



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