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Alberta Crown Prosecution Service

Government of Alberta page describing the Crown prosecution service responsible for prosecuting offences in Alberta.

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Source statusGovernment of Alberta source record checked 2026-05-06

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Topics using source1

Claims referenced6

Why this source matters

Provincial prosecution baseline for assessing how criminal case files, prosecution authority, disclosure, appeals, and staffing would need continuity planning. This record currently supports 1 topic and 6 claims in the public repository.

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001Who would make criminal law, run prosecutions, and keep courts operating after independence?Justice-system continuity would require distinguishing Alberta court operations from federal criminal-law authority and any negotiated changes to institutions, laws, and enforcement.

Referenced claims

001courts-criminal-lawUnder the current Canadian constitutional framework, Parliament has authority over criminal law and criminal procedure, while provinces administer justice and organize provincial courts.

002courts-criminal-lawAlberta currently operates court services and a Crown prosecution service within the Canadian criminal-justice framework.

003courts-criminal-lawAn independent Alberta would need explicit transition law or agreements to preserve criminal offences, pending prosecutions, court jurisdiction, orders, appeals, custody, records, and enforcement cooperation.

004courts-criminal-lawThe strongest pro-independence case is that Alberta could copy existing criminal law initially, keep courts and prosecutions operating, and later make criminal-law policy directly through Alberta institutions.

005courts-criminal-lawThe strongest anti-independence / pro-federation case is that criminal-law continuity should not be assumed without binding legal authority, court-transition rules, prosecution plans, rights protections, and Canada-facing cooperation agreements.

006courts-criminal-lawThis topic remains uncertainty-labelled: high, because criminal law, prosecutions, courts, appeals, custody, records, rights protections, policing interfaces, and intergovernmental enforcement cooperation depend on future legislation, agreements, staffing, budgets, and judicial interpretation.