The discussion continues on the new Alberta government bill that would grant the province powers over municipalities, raising concerns over democracy rights in the province. Silvia Naranjo reports.
The Edmonton City council has failed us all, the petition to remove Gondek fetched more signatures than she had votes. We the citizens need accountability when our politicians sell us out.
During a news conference, Danielle Smith essentially agreed with the principal of recall and at the bar for the number of signatures needed was too high but also correctly stated that the law cannot be changed to reflect that after a petition has been submitted. The law will have to be changed at the provincial level and another petition for recall submitted.
Edmonton is a perfect example of the need for this bill. Edmonton voted NDP in every riding last provincial election in a province that overwhelmingly voted Conservative. This is due to the influx of migrants from the Middle East (Ontario and Quebec) that have brought their woke ideologies with them. They've ruined the rest of Canada but they won't get to destroy Alberta now.
We all know this law is about stopping Trudeau , from ignoring the Province of Alberta , and offering money to municipalities with strings attached . Its not about Provincial over reach , its about stopping Trudeau's over reach . .
So you think taking over municipal politics and taking control away from the voters is better than offering them money with conditions? Did you ever stop to consider that that money is meant for specific purposes, hence conditions? Do you expect them to just throw money at municipalities with a cheerful "Here you are! Go nuts!" ?
Danielle Smith wants more ultimate power. Less democracy. More corporate power. Less co-operative power. She was radicalized into libertarian conservatism at a young age, mostly by her parents, especially after Smith came home from class very excited after learning about socialism. But think of the social good is not allowed in Smith's household, so the socially progressive mind of Danielle had to be beat out of her! (Not necessarily physically, but verbally and mentally) Poor girl. She's indoctrinated. But that doesn't mean all Albertans are. Many of them are caring, open-minded, thoughtful, socially progressive people.
@@coolioso808 Socialism killed over 100 million people in the 20th century. Alberta has the constitutional right of power over all municipalities within itself. Municipalities are creatures of the provincal legislature. Been that way since confederation.
Yes , there is nothing like a Rogers ( City "News" ) , based in downtown Toronto , reporting on Alberta . Maybe people in Alberta should start reporting on Rogers . .
I got a better idea, how about all the anti-social conservatives and libertarians go live together in some rural Alberta area and ask for separation from Canada and they can run their own society as they see fit? Why not? Maybe they are scared that their ideas would fall apart so fast in the real world if they got implemented and capitalist ran wild with virtually no social supports provided by a co-operative community or government.
@@coolioso808 Why, everywhere except northern manitoba and toronto is conservative leaning now. You dont even know what anti social is, its just a word you heard youre repeating. The conservatives are the ones paying the taxes for the Liberal and NDP freeloaders lol
"Which government is responsible for municipalities? local governments are legally subordinate to provincial governments, the only sources of authority and revenue available to municipalities are those that are specifically granted by provincial legislation. Municipal governments are responsible for areas such as parks, community water systems, local police, roadways and parking. They receive authority for these areas from the provincial governments."
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.
Municipalities only have authority granted by the province. They are not autonomous and nor should they be. Smith is right and anybody who disagrees is wrong.
Exactly. There's lots of liberal stuff in the bill too but sheep are reading the headline and being told what's in it instead of reading it for themselves.
Our rural town council wants to bring in 15 minute city -ask the average taxpayer if they want this implemented and they say no. So where is the mayor and council getting their directive from?
@@FreedaPeeple-in2mnMore funny is that u can't differentiate Feds from Provincial authorities. Your idol Shwab must be proud how easy is to corrupt so many minds 😅
As an Albertan, I applaud these new measures, which are designed to keep a corrupt and draconian federal government out of Alberta's affairs. The insidious effect of Trudeau's policies are like a cancer that quickly spreads. Bill 20 prevents the Liberal woke ideology from infecting Alberta with it's globalist nonsense. Another win for Premiere Smith and all Albertans.
Nobody actually reads the bill either. There are a lot of really good things in it like lowering corporate donations from 30k to 5k Criminal record checks Special access voting is expanded Requires 3rd party advertisers to disclose their records and have to be from Alberta, no more outside funding Removes automated vote tabulators Requires a disqualified councillors seat to be vacated immediately instead of waiting around for the courts Allow elected officials to recuse themselves for real or perceived conflicts of interest. Right now it's only financial Requires digital hearings be available to the public, etc, etc.
lol. Sun is coming up time to retire and take your medicine before you turn into stone. When become human again I suggest you take a civic class. Read about federal power and provincial power. Just because your gut told you doesn’t make it right.
So why even have elections in municipalities just vote for the premier of the province, cut all the mayors, primiers, councilors. Just vote in a dictor to be in charge of the province.
What? Are you implying that municipal representatives aren't democratically elected? Can you give an example of these "un-elected municipal governments?"
@@nonamenoname1737 Can you name a specific local municipality that has been captured? How exactly did they manage to capture this local municipality? When specifically did they start capturing local municipalities? What was the first one they captured, and what have they done there after capturing it?
@@BigBore525xThese people are 'bots' they think the same totararian rules apply here, that do in the countries from which they come from. Canadian news channels comments are absolutely flooded with these bot accounts, because it seems they are unwilling to moderate their comment sections. These accounts have one purpose and that is to stir up problems, on both sides of the issue at hand...
Definitely NOT Go Go Gondik! I'll take Smith all the time! Gondik has broken laws with her partisan bylaws and weaponizing of the city police, just as Mayor Nancy did before her. Can't see her backside too soon.
I think it would inform voters about the beliefs of the candidate they vote for. Most people vote for city councillors without knowing whether they are Liberal, NDP, or Conservatives. I think it’s a great idea.
The problem is no govt will put one in because of possibility of it being used against them . Last alberta premier talked about it and never did. and politicians are only as smart as the voting population, and it shows
The reality is that the province already has the ability to exercise such powers, as, in Alberta, municipalities govern with the permission of the provincial government. Calgarians, in particular, should welcome this so-called interference as we have a city council that plans to borrow 85 billion dollars between now and 2050 on a climate emergency that everybody agrees does not exist, even most of the people that still believe in the scam of global warming. What kind of democracy do we have when politicians don't reveal plans to spend that kind of money during an election campaign and then spring it on the electorate after they have cast their votes?
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 cist 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.
Provinces can do whatever they want cuz municipalities are a creation of provincial governments. Having said that overturning norms is a clear sign of weakness. Alberta should just abolish municipalities and then they will be stuck with the problem of governing all the cities in the province. But of course they want the power but don't want to answer for it.
So basically, the UCP is butthurt that they can't win ridings in the cities, so they bring this law in to circumvent the voters of said city. Maybe the UCP and Federal Conservatives should....I don't know.....get better candidates?
Democracy in Canada ? Lol seriously ! You must be mistaken for a truly free country to decide and that’s certainly not in this country ! It’s disgusting the lies of Canada the hypocracy. 🤮💩🤬
Democratic rights ahh you mean like when JT had no problem not allowing democratic rights when he feels it’s ok. NDP it’s not about rule of but control of the law.
What cultures are acceptable in Canada and what cultures are unacceptable? What accents should be allowed on tv and what races should be kept where they are useful but not visible?
Well real Canadians also have an accent eh. Watch Strange Brew someday if you want to hear real Canucks. Judge by actions and not by accents, she is being a corporate schill though. If the journalists were legit they would tell you municipalities have no rights granted to them, they are under Provincial jurisdiction. The province can dictate municipal policy, overrule and revoke local decisions or even revoke a city's existing powers-at any time, without notice, justification or appeal.
Hahahahaha, this "raises concerns over democratic rights" but C-63 does not? Sure, push that Lieberal/NDerP propaganda a bit harder. Any second now we will start falling for it.
No this is actually a good thing. There is huge amounts of corruption in municipal governments. They have too much control already and foolish spending of your tax dollars occurs constantly. The municipalities are just worried about being watched but they need to be.
Personally I feel it’s time to do away with the whole system. Give us a single ruler, I’m tired of the bickering and difficulty we face moving forward. It’s all blah blah blah. We need decisive action. Democracy… Dictatorship… it’s all the same to us little guys. We get bent over regardless. So let’s just trim back the whole system to one leader…lol
It's a response to the Trudeau government's attempts to undermine Provincial authority. I'm far more concerned about totalitarianism coming from Ottawa and their WEF masters than from the UPC.
The “hangover” of the last Calgary Civic Election began quickly after the election. Any election that had so many Mayoral candidates that the individual elected needed so few votes that an unpopular Mayor was elected. Then the new Mayor after assuming office revealed thought not mention during election and wished to defund the police and declared Calgary to be in a Climate Emergency. The latter made evident when a demand that any new arena in Calgary must have the roof covered in Solar Panels which raised the cost sufficient to stop the project. Then our PM who seeks to create division at every opportunity chose to step over provincial Governance and deal directly with the 2 Alberta cities to give funds to the Liberal mindset. (We fund only our friends being the mantra of the Federal Liberal Government. If you are not of the Liberal mindset, then nothing for the rest of you). The absence of support of the current Mayor created a movement and a recall petition that within the very short period allotted, collected more votes against, then those that brought the Mayor to office. The 400,000 signatures needed to effect the recall of the Mayor likely being half the voting “adult” population of Calgary which many say is absurd! So, now the tall forehead political pundits claim Democracy is undermined which is ridiculous given the few votes that brought a Mayor and likely several City Councillors to office. …… The time for Civic Election review has been made obvious.
What are you hiding if you don’t want expose your political beliefs I personally want to know what kind of person I am voting for if their beliefs align with mine
