Why this article is proposed
A provincial constitution that can be changed by simple majority of the Assembly offers little additional protection beyond ordinary legislation. The article establishes the formal supremacy of the provincial constitution within Alberta's sphere, identifies a small set of articles that are entrenched against future erosion, and sets the threshold for ordinary amendments.
What it would change
Section 1 declares the provincial constitution supreme over ordinary Alberta law, regulation, and administrative action. Section 2 entrenches six articles (rights, fiscal responsibility, family, digital rights, religious liberty, and medical autonomy), amendable only by constitutional convention with unanimous district ratification. Section 3 sets the standard amendment threshold at a two-thirds Assembly vote plus a majority in two-thirds of districts at a province-wide referendum.
The legal basis
Constitution Act, 1982 s.45 lets each province amend the constitution of the province. That includes the power to declare supremacy within the provincial sphere and to set higher amendment thresholds for particular provisions. The article does not touch any subject within ss.41, 42, or 43 of the Constitution Act, 1982, so it is reachable by Alberta acting alone. The article remains subject to the Constitution of Canada under s.52(1).
Open questions
Three questions for Albertans: whether the entrenched list (six articles) is the right scope; whether district-level unanimity at a constitutional convention is achievable in practice or operates as a permanent freeze; and how to phrase the supremacy clause in Section 1 so that it is understood as supremacy within the provincial sphere, not over the Constitution of Canada.