Heres a site about accessing leased public lands.
They cannot refuse permission, but you have to ask for it. Unless there is plausible reasons for not letting you on can they refuse you. If they refuse you, for simple reasons, they can be charged and other such penalties. Leased land is finally ours again, but they were very quiet on announcing this.
This includes the multi-sections of leases in our foothills.
http://www.srd.gov.ab.ca/lands/using...d/default.aspx