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In this ward today

Privacy commissioner issues guidance on new Alberta ID information

Alberta’s information and privacy commissioner has issued guidance on personal information that will appear on new driver’s licences and identification cards. The province plans to begin issuing cards with personal health numbers and Canadian citizenship markers on July 2, 2026, when applicable. The guidance includes documents for the public, private-sector organizations and public bodies.

Recent council decisions

  • carried 13–0 — approval of remaining items not selected for debate (7.1 and 9.3)
  • carried 13–0 — first reading of items 8.2, 8.3 and 8.4
  • carried 13–0 — second reading of items 8.2 and 8.3
  • carried 13–0 — consideration of third reading of items 8.2 and 8.3
  • carried 13–0 — third reading of bylaw 2152 and bylaw 2153
  • carried 11–2 — first reading of item 8.1

Note These are city-wide council decisions, not this councillor’s individual votes. Meeting recordings reliably state the outcome and often the tally, but rarely name who voted which way, and we will not infer it.