Political party TAPYeg, short for Transparent and Active Partnerships Edmonton, declared its intentions to get candidates elected to Edmonton council after the UCP tabled Bill 20.
Edmonton has its first proposed political party at the municipal level. TAPYeg has formed after the provincial government tabled Bill 20 last week, which if passed, would allow municipal parties in Edmonton and Calgary. As Erik Bay tells us, one political analyst expects more parties will soon follow.
Originally from Vancouver, which along with Montreal has been one of the two Canadian cities to have municipal political parties for decades, Hansen-Carlson has experience seeing how they work at the local level and after moving to Edmonton 14 years ago, wondered why local parties weren’t a thing here.Hansen-Carlson has a background in both politics and business and project development at companies like EllisDon.
TAPYeg wants to get seven of its candidates elected to the 13 spots on Edmonton city council during the next municipal election in 2025.Hansen-Carlson said the platform will evolve and grow as more people join the party, but right now it has four areas of focus: value for your tax investment, peace and order in communities, a reboot of the city’s relationship with the province, and a concept called “the Department of Ideas.
Political analyst John Brennan said the idea of local political parties has been discussed for some time now in the province, despite it not being a popular idea:o, while the province itself also conducted a survey that found 70 per cent of Albertans don’t want political parties at the municipal level.Brennan said the introduction of them in just Edmonton and Calgary is a political move.
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