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The Amendments respond to a November 2013 Supreme Court of Canada case that provisionally invalidated PIPA on the basis that it infringed trade unions' freedom of expression.
On December 17, 2014, the Alberta government passed the Amendments to Alberta's Personal Information
Protection Act ("PIPA"), which allow the collection,
use, and disclosure of personal information by a trade union when
certain conditions are satisfied. The Amendments respond to a
November 2013 Supreme Court of Canada case that
provisionally invalidated PIPA on the basis that it infringed trade
unions' freedom of expression.
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