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Province tables bill allowing political parties in Calgary, Edmonton elections
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The parties are not actually the biggest issue with the legislation. From the article buried at the bottom:
“The bill would give the province more municipal oversight by granting the UCP cabinet the authority to require a municipality to amend or repeal a particular bylaw.”
“The bill also grants cabinet the authority to remove a municipal councillor, if it is deemed to be in the public interest. Adversely, cabinet could order a referendum among residents to determine if a councillor should be removed.”
Essentially this would mean all municipal bylaws and all municipal elected officials can be overturned at the whims of the province if it’s in the “public interest” as defined by the province.
That’s an incredible increase of provincial influence into local affairs. That’s very troubling and totally undermines local autonomy. Without oversight these new rules are so easy to abuse.
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2mo
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2mo
Hmm O&G getting less money or government overreach? Which is lesser of two evils? 🤔
Just to add, NDP diversifying the Albertan economy was a good move as having all your eggs in one basket leads to the boom and bust economy Alberta has. Sure diversifying leads to fewer profits but it softens the blow when things go down, which they always do.
You got fooled, and you are still fooled. Alberta NDP is pro oil and gas.
No that's a blanket statement. When I go into the office I will find my list of candidates who were less than pro oil and gas. Remember zeporah Berman (spelling is wrong but I am not looking her up again) bc I do. That's one example off the top of my head as I get ready to go to sleep.
Back up the facts you're claiming please.
Kevin Van Tighem,Samir Kayande, Tzeporah Berman, you can look them up. 3 examples off the top of my head. Berman wasn't an MLA but hired as an adviser and paid handsomely.
Those are examples. Where do they say they are against Oil and Gas?
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ndp had too many candidates that wanted to kill the o&g industry as a whole.
Oh please, quit the BS. Oil investment tanked because the price of oil crashed to a record low. Notley was the only premier in the last 30 years to do a deal with the feds to get a pipeline built. Oil production continued to increase all the way through the NDP term. The whole “NDP tried to kill the oil industry” is just tired old bullshit and has been for years.