Mandate Letter to Alberta’s Public Safety Minister Calls for Ankle Bracelets for Violent Offenders, Provincial DNA Lab

Mandate Letter to Alberta’s Public Safety Minister Calls for Ankle Bracelets for Violent Offenders, Provincial DNA Lab
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Deputy Premier and Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services Mike Ellis stand together during the swearing in of her cabinet, in Edmonton on June 9, 2023. Jason Franson/The Canadian Press
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EDMONTON—Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has laid out the orders for Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services Mike Ellis, and two of the most significant mandates include creation of a new provincial DNA lab, and ankle bracelet monitoring for sexual and violent offenders.

Ms. Smith informed Mr. Ellis in a July 31 mandate letter that violence and social order “have become one of the gravest challenges governments across Canada are facing.”