Alberta's Premier said on Saturday that the Alberta government is drafting changes to be discussed next week to reverse part of a bill that grants the Cabinet unrestricted authority to rewrite laws without legislative approval.

Daniel Smith also announced on the Corus radio talk show that her Sovereignty Bill was not supposed to grant the Cabinet such broad authority, adding that her government wants to clarify in the law that this is not the case, adding: "You can’t get things 100% right all the time. I think there is some confusion about that, so we are working on some amendments to clarify it."

The bill, which Smith introduced on Tuesday as enabling legislation for her new administration, had faced widespread condemnation for granting her and her ministers broad authority to fix any federal policy, law, or program deemed harmful to Alberta.

Critics also said such secretive authority exercised without legislative oversight poses a threat to the checks and balances that underpin sound democracy.

Days after Smith introduced the bill, she and her government members denied accusations, including from legal scholars and constitutional experts, that the bill grants unlimited authority.

On Thursday afternoon in the legislature, Smith accused the opposition United Conservative Party of fearmongering "in a way that this bill gives the Cabinet authority to change legislation unilaterally behind the scenes despite the fact that it does not."

But Smith also admitted to problems by Friday noon and told CBC News that amendments might be necessary. By Saturday morning, she acknowledged that changes are on the way.

Also, she said on the radio program: "There is some concern now that (the bill) is written in a way that suggests we (the Cabinet) will be able to change laws unilaterally – and we are not able to do that. If there are any changes to laws (under the bill), they must be referred back to the legislature, so we are working to make sure that is clarified."

Smith said these matters will be discussed and addressed next week, adding that she is taking what she described as a "fair" approach.