Alberta’s Public Libraries Raise Serious Concerns About Bill 28: Privacy, Local Control, and the Future of Library Services - April 9, 2026

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Recent polling by Janet Brown Opinion Research found that 82 per cent of Albertans trust public libraries to make appropriate decisions about materials, compared to just 46 per cent who trust the Government of Alberta on the same question. Sixty-nine percent of Albertans prefer those decisions to be made locally by trained staff guided by local boards, and 60 per cent oppose provincial laws or regulations restricting access to library materials. A full report on this polling is available at CAPLibraries.ca.