TheGentYYCApr 26, 2024
Didn't sleep. Still trying to wrap my brain around it. Feels unprecedented. Feels like the most anti-democratic centralization of power by a Canadian premier ever. The moves of a tyrant with an aim towards an anti-Canadian Separatism we never signed up for
#abpoli #yyc #cdnpoli #Fascism
https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/alberta-to-remove-councillors-change-bylaws-add-political-parties-to-municipal-politics
| Edmonton Journal

The Alberta government's Bill 20 also proposes allowing party affiliations to be listed on municipal election ballots.

Edmonton Journal
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Are their any legal moves for #YYC & #YEG on this? Is there truly no check against this stepped up radio shockjock's tyrannic march? Do we all just have to watch it happen in slow motion? #abpoli #yyc #cdnpoli #Fascism https://globalnews.ca/news/10450717/alberta-municipal-politics-elections-bill/
Bill would give Alberta power to fire municipal councillors, nix bylaws, allow political parties

The bill would give the province the right to fire councillors, overturn bylaws, postpone elections and allow political parties to run on municipal ballots in Edmonton and Calgary.

Global News
Apr 26, 2024 at 1:47pmWeb
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Show threadMegApr 27, 2024

@TheGentYYC not really, afaik. Municipalities are entirely considered in the domain of the provinces, and technically don't even really need to exist at all. In so far as they do, they are considered nothing more than a limited delegation of provincial power.

Honestly that's rapidly becoming one of the biggest failings of the 1982 Constitution.