Alberta to overhaul municipal rules to include sweeping new powers, municipal political parties
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- Опубликовано: 25 апр 2024
- The government of Alberta has tabled legislation that will give it sweeping powers over municipalities across the province, including the right to fire councillors and overturn bylaws.
Bill 20, the Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, includes two pieces of legislation: the Local Authorities Election Act (LAEA) and the Municipal Government Act (MGA).
If passed, the amendments to the Municipal Government Act will allow cabinet to remove a councillor “if in the public interest” or to order a referendum to decide whether a councillor should be removed, which will be reviewed in a case-by-case basis.
The amendment will also enable cabinet to require a municipal government to amend or repeal a bylaw, as well as giving cabinet the ability to postpone elections.
Right now, provincial cabinet can only intervene with municipal land-use bylaw or statutory plan. Only the municipal affairs minister can remove a sitting councillor under specific circumstances through a municipal inspection process.
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Taxpayers should be allowed to remove politicians at any time
The taxpayers would never be asked. It is upper government removing the elected lower government.
Note that word Taxpayer
Stand with your party. We will elect you... or not. lol
That's what elections are for.. apparently for the UCP they're doing exactly what their Premiere was complaining the Federal government was doing.
they already can, via elections. deposing people without an election = fascism
This is rich coming from the Province and how fiercely they fight against the Federal gov for getting involved in Provincial matters and as such they need to give municipal gov the respect it deserves and not to get involved in their matters. This is a power grab and could be a slippery slope if this is allowed.
Imagine the feds enacting a similar law for provinces and remove Danielle
The feds cannot enact a similar law because it is not Constitutional. Meanwhile, the City councils exist within the jurisdiction of the Provincial government.
Danielle Smith is becoming a dictator
She always was. Wolf in sheeps clothing!
Becoming?
Good. About had enough of this ballot box nonsense. We all know marketing works, Coke puts out an ad and people buy more. It's the exact same for politics. So, "democracy" is just media control because most people don't have an interest in politics. And to make it worse, most parties left and right are partially or completely controlled by the same interests. And morons think "durrr I just vote for da other guy and things get better hurrrrr." And things end up the same, cycle repeats. At least in a dictatorship, people revolt if something is horrible and a new government takes the last one's place.
more a puppet for the wanabe dictators
Only for Calgary and Edmonton !
“At last resort” is a total lie. Awful ideas
✨️ The time has come for full disclosure of who is paying them .
The UCP against government overreach unless, of course, they're doing it.
Exactly. Why can’t people see that???
Municipalities have delegated authority at the pleasure of the Province in Canada. This is in our constitution. What Alberta is doing is constitutional and reasonable.
@@ItsKyleMangit's a power grab. Be careful AB .
@@ItsKyleMangIt's over reach. They can basically subvert the will of the people who voted in an election for the people they wanted. I'm sure if this was the Feds, Smith and the UCP would be crying bloody murder. The fact they are using just Edmonton and Calgary clearly shows their intent. Those cities have always voted against conservatives, so now the UCP has a means to remove a fairly elected municipal government because they don't align with the UCP. At that point, why bother with municipal elections?
UCP voters will love it until an NDP provincial govt is in power.
I wish I could also rewrite my own rules in such a way that no one can do anything about them. This is so dangerous, you need to have a check and balance in the system. I want a local representative, not a political party.
You never had a local rep municipally. You had Trudeau-installed, treasonous to Alberta stooges, which now can be replaced by loyalists. Womp womp. And Edmonton has been corrupt since before it even developed the progressive cancer. Hawrelak Park is named after a Mayor that was in the Mafia! And it's pretty widely known.
This just after they said they wont let any cities take federal Goverment money to build houses unless the Alberta gov says its okay
Because it comes with rules that are detrimental to Alberta. You are intentionally misleading acting like the money is for free. They ruined my neighborhood with a federally funded apartment building. Slapped it right on the soccer field I used to play on as a kid. And all the climate scams they make the city follow as well. Sohi belongs behind bars, I'd stand behind Smith and the UCP if they did that 100%.
Isn't that a great idea?
Keeping Trudeau out of doing backdoor deals with the cities and municipalities.
As they should, otherwise corporations will just continue to build the most expensive places they can to get the most money out of it, meanwhile most people in canada can barely afford a home if at all.
@@anythingforabuck Yeah, why would Albertans want affordable housing built in a time of housing crisis
@@SpectacularDisaster that's provincial government territory. Not federal.
Blackface caused the problem but you think he can solve it?
What about giving us the ability to remove politicians like Danielle Smith and Mr. McIver with their overreach on Municipalities. Do unto others!
We already have that goofball. Do you not remember the recall legislation?
Overreach. Anti-democratic. Slippery slope.
Like Trudeau!
To be fair it is actual more democratic, decentralized the power and allow areas that vote a certain way to have laws and policies that reflect the way they vote.
Smith is on her way to ??? not a place i would want to go
@@EyJoBeats Like trump
@@ringlord555 But small government......the UCP was crying all to f*cking hell about the Feds overstepping into provincial jurisdiction and now they want to overstep into Municipal jurisdiction? Pick a lane and stop the f*cking hypocrisy.
Remember when Conservatives pretended they didnt like government over reach. Lol
😂
Pepperidge Farm remembers.
Honestly I am not a fan of the Conservatives shift even farther too the right. The more extreme they get. The more any progressive party can get away with, and still claim to still be the lesser of two evils.
While I agree, all we know for sure is that the municipal politicians recently have been federal liberal party members
They should give the people more power to decide who should be in! Calgary’s mayor was voted in she was put it.
Fascism has arrived in Alberta
They're beta testing Fascism in Alberta
They are getting rid of fascists (that serve globalists) from Alberta.
I think testing Fascism is more appropriate for the federal government of Canada. You are using strong terms that you don't understand. Typical left wing.
it looks like that is the goal
Fascism is a left leaning idiology. This is to get rid of Calgarys horrible mayor
its here and has been here since Canada was started wake up have you even voted for the prime minster? I haven't cuz there not on a voting card wake up
Some people don't understand what's going on with property rights.
yeah you by it they own it wake up you buy it you own it and not one person can tell you want tyou can or cant do on it wake up
@Polar_Vlogs that's what I'm getting at. People don't pay any attention so the Government thinks they can do whatever they want! Get your land patents! You get them online. You have rights they don't want you to fight for.
@@Polar_Vlogs wake up? You shouldn't assume what someone is trying to say....
Sounds like UCP is sticking its nose where it doesn’t belong!!
Yes, our Premier who screams federal overreach at every opportunity is doing exactly that. Hypocrisy at its best.
It'll be worse if PeePee gets elected. Imagine the hypocrisy and overreach then!
Liberalism is over... deal with it. 🤣😂
Municipalities actually fall within the jurisdiction of the Provinces. City Councils manage their city limits on behalf of the Province. So your comment is ignorant of how Canada's levels of government work.
@@fkturdoWhat do you think "liberalism" is?
You need to make lobbying illegal. It makes no sense to have legal bribery.
Fun fact - Rick McIvor is universally hated in Calgary.
Is capitalism also universally hated in Calgary? If not, they are missing the root problem here.
lol…. Capitalism is the problem is it ? Do tell 🤡🤡🤡
This is so anti-democratic and corrupt!
would expect no less from a clowncervative governmment
@@klnrklnr4433 liberals need to go.
No more so than forced property tax increases for pet projects.
Let’s get rid of those pesky city councillors eh ucp.
The ones that are destroying Alberta cities? Well, why not?
Gladly.
@@empoweredshemphoward unless it's a Party you support/voted for.
@lindagraham3346 yeah that is true, but if there was a way to do that, if they are legitimately incompetent at their positions, I say that's a good start.
@@lindagraham3346 they are all in it for themselves! Since when has EITHER city council done anything productive? Give your head a shake, it's sad to see an adult so naive.
Congrats alberta....you've elected a dictator.
Would be better to have more rules that let the PEOPLE hold municiple councilors more accountable, not some other level of government.
The people elected the municipal councilors. What more could you ask for?
@@mariuspopescu284 Oh, let's see. Transparency, lack of corruption, less crime, less immigration, etc. etc. Good enough for ya?
@mariuspopescu284 easier process to recall of course
This looks like over reach. Just enforce the rules and laws in place.
It looks like overreach because Smith's entire agenda is concentrating power in government while turning corporate lobbying points into public policy and limiting the federal government's ability to help Albertans directly. She uses human rights (i.e. LGBTQ rights) and as a boogeyman wedge issue to motivate the right through fear and split the left's efforts between pushing back on human rights and pushing back on corporate greed.
That’s dumb. We’ve been doing that for a decade now and all it has done is result in skyrocketing cost of living, higher taxes, and higher salaries for city councillors who keep advertising to bring in migrants who work cheaper for the company while welfare subsidizes the rest of their income.
@@vladimirrashkovsky6274 Right wingers really hate that we are lefties in the cities. Don't they?
@@cattymajiv😂
You get what you vote for
"In the public interest".
Alberta is setting up a fascistic gov't.
Oh really, ndp and liberals wanted me to take a jab or lose my job 😂
@@zr0dteand restrict your freedom of movement.
Awesome. More government interference. I thought Conservatives opposed that sort of thing.
Governments cannot give you anything that they have not stolen from you in the first place...meddling to co opt government and impose fascism...
You are confusing libertarian for conservative.
@@empoweredshemphowardDanielle smith is a claimed “libertarian” tho
@@empoweredshemphoward no, I’m well aware of each’s respective definitions. Somebody already mentioned this, but Smith, and much of this government are libertarians. She also campaigned on the issue of government interference in their last election. Seems a little hypocritical..
@@vicfak3915 she is no stranger to that. I really disliked her in her wild rose days.
Well my municipality is corrupt AF. And they are all in bed with contractors and family members. Anyone from outside that gets started there never lasts 2 years.
Happens more often than people realize.
Alberta is a disaster thanks to the Conservatives! They got so much worse after Lougheed. They even voted for a drunken bigot in Ralph Klien.
UCP message to Ottawa is "Stay out of our backyard!". How can the UCP not see the double standard?
The cities are the Province's legal jurisdiction. Did you spend all of high school social studies whacking off in the bathroom or something? I guess it makes sense that incompetence is tied to UCP opposition.
Great, more powers for governments... When are Canadians going to learn to take powers away from governments, not give them more?
The Government gives itself power while protecting itself from having any reduction of power, they only ever care about voters on election day and after that they'll do what they please. They control us, we don't control them.
Unfortunately, most Canadians love big government. Until the boot is on their neck, and it will be, they will fully support the absolute takeover of their lives by Big Brother.
It's more power for provincial government and less power for the City council. Just transfer of power from one government to another, within Constitution.
@@mariuspopescu284 so more power for one governembt
@@mariuspopescu284 I'm aware- I'm a firm believer that all forms of government in Canada need to be stripped of almost all "powers" they currently possess.
Fire an elected official is rich Alberta.
Imagine if Alberta actually had a premier and provincial government that focused on serving the people of Alberta and solving the issues they think federal government has created. Danielle Smith has already been killing more people suffering with drug addiction than previous premiers, there has been twice as many ODs in Alberta in 2023 than in 2022 due to the "let's close down consumption sites" stupidity. She cost Alberta over $50B in renewable energy investments, she is forcing Canadians to be dependent on oil and gas, she is contributing to the fire situation in Alberta.
City councillors and mayors need to respond immediately and petition the federal government and supreme court to intervene in this situation. They should petition the governor general to intervene as well to disallow any of these fascist policies from Danielle and UCP.
Sounds like a power grab,
sounds like smith doesn't like the fact urban centres don't necessarily agree with her policies.
This is a blatant power grab by the UCP. Absolutely disgusting to see, but not at all unexpected. Alberta has been steadily going downhill ever since they took power.
Bro thinks the Fed collaborators in the NDP were better 🫵😆. You're free to leave and go to a much better province like Chairman Eby's British "Bring Cash" Columbia. The NDP is super strong around East Hastings, you should move there specifically. We don't want you here.
yup
@@wadde_fakman dude, you're the one thats not wanted here.
I hope for once the voters rebel against the UCP and stop this overreach. Smith and her cronies need to stop this bill and let Calgary and Edmonton run their own municipalities. This is just a power grab.
Edmonton already voted NDP in all but 1 riding provincially.
The UCP does still have some ridings it could lose in Calgary from this if they are not careful.
They seize control, they also take the blame when it fails.
@@dennisheyes4561 Isn't that why they're changing the rules in Calgary and Edmonton, to neuter the NDP vote?
Fascist ucp
We all know how well Alberta does in the midst of an autonomy-tantrum 🙄 I'm sure this won't lead to abuses of power or messier politicking down the road...
Autocracy?
Woo just what we need order followers on the municipal level, like the political class already doesn't listen to the people now they will be beholden to a party. People will have even less say in what their local government does because the politician will have to tow the party line.
This is what the UCP claims is freedom.. Them and their religious zealots like their beloved Russian hate preacher Artur who Danielle Smith interfered with his court case then lied to Albertans about it.
lot of fascists getting upset that theyre being called fascists down here
NNNNNOOOOOOO!! STOP THE AUTOCRACY!
Then you need to stop capitalism. That's the root problem. The rich elite have the most control. You want to shift that back to the working class? Well, gonna need structural change for that. "A Viable Society" as Peter Joseph puts it, is possible, but will take cooperation and progressive thinking.
So, give all the power, control and money to the state and leave everyone else as have-nots? Communism, in whatever form, is not the answer.
@@Jlkincaid1 You might find this a shock, but I haven't decided yet because it is far too soon to choose which party best represents the needs of the poor and working class, as well as a sustainable environment for the future. But based on those values, Conservatives and Liberals have already disqualified themselves.
The bigger picture here is the system is the sickness, like I said, capitalism is structurally unsustainable and that needs fundamental change. Voting day will come and go, decisions will be made then, but the greater movement for a more healthy, just and sustainable system will continue on. What side of history do you hope to be on? Progress or regression?
One piece of legislation at a time...........until we are dirt poor and eating bugs
You enjoying Late Stage Capitalism, yet? No? Then why not learn where the root problem lies and see the possible solutions? See how far the rabbit hole goes, you can start with Zeitgeist: Addendum, then Moving Forward, then Requiem and Culture in Decline series and then One Small Town Contributionism.
@@coolioso808 just out of school? indocrinated
@@cptkirkp nope, critically thinking structuralist. I don't think you know what that is, but you can look it up and do your own research, just like you could watch the free Zeitgeist films and expand your mind, unless you are conservative and are fundamentally 'adverse to change' like the definition of 'conservative' states.
Why use Edmonton and Calgary as pilot projects? Normally you would use a smaller scale as a pilot. Oh wait, rural supports UCP so let’s punish/manipulate the big cities who are not UCP. The UCP policies are coming straight from the Republicans playbook. Maybe Tucker Carlson gave Danielle some tips when she met with him.
Calgary and edmonton are ndp hellholes rotten with self interest union garbage, we have already seen what a disaster 4 years of orange has done for us. You don't have to like the ucp but the ndp have proven to be much worse.
So why do you vote ndp and dont say cause of the climate thats not a good enough reason to vote for someone i vote to have a better future and live prosperous wich requires a strong economy bot virtue signalling with no action
@@CrooKdLetterJ she must be part of CUPE to say such things.
Ya they don’t want Calgary and Edmonton to turn into Chicago with those mayors Ideas, crime homelessness, corruption, oh wait it will still be someone else’s problem, you city loving folks vote one way but expect different outcomes. Handouts is all they want
@@CrooKdLetterJ Conservative voters write a coherent sentence challenge: Impossible difficulty
Sounds like a provincial power grab. Imagine if the Federal Government enacted this law on the Province there would be an uproar.
Imagine a leftist and corrupt politicians grabbing power from the people. Imagine the province crushing people who abusive power. Imagine.
Are you clueless to the blanket rezoning issue being pushed on Calgary and Edmonton.
It is citizens of the province writing their provincial mla asking for intervention in this breach of property rights.
The city refuses to accept that the minister of municipal affairs actually has a role in their affairs when they attempt to destroy a citizens property rights with ZERO due process
Read the bill for yourself. It removes corporate money, enables easier special access voting, requires recounts when 0.5% margin instead of at "their discretion", plenty more things i thought Liberals wanted? Funny how back in 2017 when Notley was around people were begging for the province to do exactly this when they were taking all the revenue from cannabis and not sharing it with municipalities after promising. It's only okay when you guys regulate stuff right?
Municipalities have not been granted any powers under the Constitution, rather a municipality's powers are granted to them through legislation enacted by the province and therefore municipalities remain products of their provincial legislation.
@@jeremy7818 By "destroy property rights" you mean allow for affordable housing to be built during a severe housing shortage and growing homelessness. My right to maximize my house's property value is more important than insuring people have shelter! NIMBY - Not In My BackYard.
I am on the fence here.
To me it seems that AB has had enough of federal government intervention and want to take up that role.
On one hand, yup AB would be better off run by Albertans.
On the other hand , municipalities would be better off run by municipalities.
I suspect this power grab is a response to federal interference straight to municipalities.
But let’s not be naive… voting along party lines is a problem that has no interest in the people, who elected leaders to serve them.
Power grabs are going on everywhere around the world.
Whether or not you see them or support them.
They are rampant.
So quit trying to defend them. They are overstepping and should be called out. We shouldn't be whining like school children saying "but Trudeau did it first! whaaa".
Except that municipalites are NOT being run effectively by municipalites. If you knew Alberta, you would know that Calgary and Edmonton have gone full left-wing woke.
The UCP won 1 seat in Edmonton in the provincial elections, but for some reason feel that because a bunch of rural people voted for them they have the right to step in and take control of a municipality full of people that do not want them.
It would be no different than the Federal government elected mostly by people in Ontario and Quebec decide to step in and control the area's that voted against them.
@@dennisheyes4561
Ya… I see the pattern/and potential problem.
This system is flawed.
What would be best is to elect the very best person you know personally… to an office and they do the same.
Bottom to top.
Not top to bottom.
Every single person becomes very accountable instead of no one.
From my perspective
Thx
Jeremy
This is well articulated, you seem impartial. I would estimate because the liberals/conservatives cut competition across the board (shaw cable, HSBC, west jet, T&T Supermarket) this has allowed a more sinister campaign to create puppet city councilors to contaminate city council under the guise of a political party. This attempt at correcting and reforming the law wouldn't just benefit the UPC but any future premier. Canada pays the highest rates in the world in terms of public services, because the corporations are allowed to purchase or practice anti-competition. Theres enormous financial incentive to play both sides (conservative/liberal) at the federal level, but theres even more incentive to lay the ground work from city councils.
most municipal structures are decades old, not taking into account huge populations and changes in how people live - renting, buying, temporary housing, etc., Every municipality should have recall legislation, that's just basic democracy.
My God, Smith is bananas 🙄🤦♂️
When my husband and I recently retired and put all our money into a home in Alberta, we did not know we were losing our cpp, medical and moving to a dictatorship. We now could not sell our home for enough to buy home in another province. I think Alberta provincial government removing and controlling municipally elected mayor's and counsel elected by the people is wrong.
you can always sell it and put it into a home in BC.
@@attananightshadow can't BC homes are more than we can sell this home for.
Do you have any more fictional stories?
@@attananightshadow no one has lost their CPP in Alberta. At least just for being in Alberta there may be other reasons people aren’t qualified, but this is just a whiny leftist.
@@albundy7623 We live in a DEMOCRACY majority rules based on the most votes. Thats how dani the dictator got elected, but when ya'll loose an election ya wanna tear it all down for your selfishness. You albertans need to look at the economy, crime rate, wages and labor laws in places like Arkansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Alabama, cause that is where the cons are taking your province, to MAGA Town, next move will be something to do with religion and abortions, counting vote by hand, removed and out-law electronic vote tabulators, neanderthals, horse and buggy mentality. you should be forbid to fly the Canadian flag in your province, putin communism unfolding in ab
Why can’t we do this with Trudeau?.
This is insane
Provinces elected off a majority of rural ridings feel that they accurately represent the people of the Urban ridings that did not vote for them... I agree.
Danielle Smith is becoming as controlling and crazy as Justin Trudeau. Citizens elect municipal representatives to look after municipal matters. I'm surprised Albertans are not striking over this.
Ah. Provincial fiefdoms. No surprise there.
This is actually insane
Alberta UCP introduced a bill to permit political parties to run in the province's municipal elections with unlimited funding from corporate donors to ensure Oil backed Conservatives are placed in charge of Edmonton and Calgary. As a fail-safe, the province could also fire any mayor or councillor and nullify any bylaw that they disagree with.
Alberta seems to be following Quebec in using provincial power to control municipal government. That is NOT what any "local government" would want. The separation between municipalities and provincial law makers should consist of "elected officials" following prescribed levels of control.
Alberta’s Municipal Government Act should be amended to set the limit of Councillors based on the size of population within the specific municipal boundaries. Some municipalities have large number of Councillors in proportion of other comparable municipalities, and larger councils cost the taxpayers unnecessarily more.
why is albeerta such a 💩show these days?
sooner smith is gone the better
This is an overreach in response to an overreach. I do not want Danielle Smith and the UCP playing tit for tat with Trudeau. I want Danielle Smith to stand up to Trudeau and Ottawa to ensure Alberta gets its fair share. Just because Trudeau constantly overreaches doesn't mean that it's ok for Danielle Smith to do.
Bull, He wants them to be accountable to the Provincial government.
Votes in cities do not trend Conservative. In Alberta the Provincial government is elected by rural ridings.
Is this the alberta conservatives lashing out at city centers that often vote more left wing? Sounds like a power grab to me.
The UCP finding solutions to issues that were not problems in the first place. They want power, control and the ability to dictate social and political nature of the people rather than the other way around.
Should have a law to put a cap on immigration and mandate deportation
Ignoring the obvious? People with money make the rules for people without money. Wealth inequality is the single most important issue. If we can’t fix that, there’s nothing to discuss.
These are weak provinces that cant even built an LRT to both city to the airport.
That's a municipal issue, genius. Thanks for participating.
So the Province is weak and shouldn't guide the cities, because the city of Edmonton's and city of Calgary's municipal governments didn't build enough public transit? How does one even make the assumption that the LRT is provincial? What? I always assumed it was municipal, and guess what it is. Do you also think municipalities run the military or something else ridiculous?
@@paulevans8348 same to you😄thanks for the comment.
@@wadde_fakmanIn short answer yes definitely weak and you cant do anything about it. It's weak.
Another step on the road to "one party rule"
Yes, please remove the ones who have been irresponsible for creating hugh debts and then, taxing Albertans for more money, at the same time giving themselves a pay raise. We struggle and they couldn't careless
I'm really scared that this is diminishing what is left of our democracy, which is comparable to maga legislation in the USA, which is clearly using the russian playbook. Does anyone else make these comparisons?
You are programmed by state tv unplug the cord to your brsin.
Yep, but don't say that to UCP/PC supporters, they might get offended.
Yes, exactly how I see it. People need to wake up!
Are you delusional? The US is trying to jail a political candidate. How did that turn out for Navalny in Russia?
The destroyers of our democracy are the liberals in Ottawa, promoting woke dividing policies, shutting down everyone that disagrees with them. Look at the bills they promote.
Current legislation also applies this but only when a standing actual law has been broken whether civil or criminal
Thank you Alberta, Danielle Smith is awesome.
Considering that rulers have never given the people freedom, but rather that it grew from the people who forced it upon their rulers, this is an evil idea. I'm not over-reacting, I'm simply reacting to the terrible thing my fellow councillors did to me three years ago when I suggested that we disobey the dictates of our provincial government. People will end up accepting this horrible idea because it affords individuals with a weapon to eliminate their political opponents. Our country has become so far removed from democracy, debate is non existent, criticism is considered violent, ideology is more important than life, knowledge has become opinion and opinion has become fact.
Too much negativity without solutions?? Maybe, but I do know where to start. Stop voting for Political Parties and start voting for people. The purpose of the Party system is to funnel power into one person. In Canada we all know who that person is, but remember who put him there. I live out West which means the person with the blue tie or scarf will take my power and give it to the leader. Nobody will thank me until the next election. The only day we have freedom is election day. What they do with our freedom is our fault.
Alberta should have a legislation allowing public to recall a legislator or municipal councillor with a minimum threshold of meeting requirements of such initiatives. Of course, there must be certain criteria to meet those requirements to avoid frivolous ones!
Thank you, Chestermere. 🙄 That council situation was/is such a mess that I'm sure a lot of these changes stem from preventing a similar situation again.
Premier DeSantis is gonna eff us all!
Emergency acts usually already have these powers so it’s a duplication for or in normal non emergency times. Usually requires fair $$$ compensation be given to persons and biz effected .
LOL with these new powers they can also repeal the 15 cent charge for paper bags in Calgary and other crazy by laws that they've enacted!
This is needed with tone deaf councils like Calgary pushing drastic zoning changes or Banff pushing a pedestrian zone despite the overwhelming objection of residents and Parks Canada
Well every gallon of gas or oil NOT burned is 3 human lives extended
But Ucp Alta makes more money from gas and oil than extending lives so ….
Well if the prov won’t give cities enough money to run or allow them means to raise their own
What does a ucp gov expect
Slavery?
ucp needs to stay in their lane.
Bill 20 is going to remove people the city citizens elected, Alberta wants to assert its rural racist citizens over the major city Calgary and Edmonton which is diverse and prefers NDP and liberal views. The provincial level should stay within its limits. All it ever does is play favoritism.
The people of Alberta should have the right to dismiss any if not all provincial government Ministers and also to recall the premier and remove them from office.
Therefore alta municipalities should seek an injunction on the bill till its constitutionality is determined by the courts
Or it should only restrict and apply to Alta jurisdictions where a ucp mla sits
Honest question: which immediate problem within municipalities is the province hoping to solve?
Well for one, Trudeau-collaborator Sohi ruined my neighborhood with federal grants that mandated him to destroy suburban parks with ugly apartments and townhomes. He also slapped bike lanes deep in the suburbs. You rarely see them get used even around the UofA, and I've gone down the main road in Chapelle multiple times a week for like 7 years and not once seen it used. It's freezing most of the year here! Those should have never been there. Honestly maybe Edmonton needs a break from an elected municipality. Just have it under Provincial supervision for 10 years to reverse all the damage, clean out all the dusgusting freaks, and then we can go back.
The municipalities tried to take Federal money for housing and/or renewable energy, and thus are getting 'reigned in' so they follow the Party line instead, and the two having their election rules changed (Edmonton and Calgary) generally voted against the current Provincial government, and are being changed to try to prevent dissenting votes in the future, as far as I understand it.
Absolutely
Province needs to retain the jurisdiction to fire Municipal Governments.
Look at the mess Municipal Policing is since Municipal Councils appoint The Police Commission of jurisdiction by superceding The Solicitor General of The Province .
Capital cost expenditures are out of control and the Tax payers have no recourse as there are no more Plebiscites, to the contrary, just more brown paper bags at lunch time.
An extra 2750 votes for NDP in just 6 swing divisions would have given the win to Notley.
Interestingly these areas seem to be getting lots of new housing starts lately. 🤔
Like the American Republican party, the UCP is essentially implying that if the municipal official doesn't do the bidding of the UCP, they're going to throw you out. Most places in Canada using electronic tabulators and have for quite a while. Eliminating them sounds like the same idea south of the border, they're afraid to lose and make people believe the machines are evil. Looks like Alberta is heading back 50 years instead of moving forward which is precisely what the UCP wants to do.
Looking forward to seeing the outcome. City parties will make it easier to see hidden affiliations. Hopefully we can get Sohi out of Edmonton, 8.9 percent increase is criminal
Ucp Alta gov makes little money from renewables or power storage compared to oil and gas
Alta municipalities though can make good money from them
Alberta government is responsible for the municipalities. The government of Canada is not responsible for the Provinces.
The political parties might be the only part of this that does some good. I'd know who wouldn't get my vote.
Basically ucp Alta gov makes more money $$$ from oil and gas then extending human lives so
Do the math
All reading from a script while reminding themselves to look at the camera.
All about the money they can collect . Corrupt
Party leaders must be working for the people of the country. Municipal and provincial parties must have affiliation with the major federal parties. There seems to be three major parties in Canada. I'm tired of snake oil salesmen pretending to be interested in the citizens of any city but they seem to be the only one who benefit from winning their election.
Anti re zone Calgary neighborhoods by firing Gondek bill.
UCP is spending a lot of time getting in the way or messing with Trudeau plans rather than solving provincial problems. I will concede some things are being addressed but consider this was of the UCP’s making so minimal credit is deserved. The municipal power play is just mean and controlling. I have little respect for them any more. Definitely not the same party I voted for when Peter Lougheed was premiere.
Oh Im not defending any political party.
Especially the Federal Liberal government.
I am just pointing out that people smaller municipalities should have the right to vote in the people they know and trust.
Cities are another story.
I think Trudeau federal can fire Danielle smith as well. Federal can change its regulation as provincial can change the regulation .
We should all change now.
And, Sohi spent 80,000 in renovations when he held a seat in the Liberal Party, and this is who Edmonton voted in, good luck 😂
Smith taking Alberta in a dark direction
This is so disappointing.
Your conservative “small government” values in action 🫠