Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is pictured in a file photo from February 2024.
With Bill 20, Danielle Smith sows fear and loathing in Alberta councils, big and small | CBC News LoadedThe province is giving itself massive new powers with few guardrails. Municipal leaders who are often shy about speaking loudly are now screaming.
"I can't say this strongly enough: if passed, the proposed legislation will fundamentally redraw the blueprint of our local democracy and alter how people's local needs are met and who represents them." Grande Prairie Coun. Dylan Bressey protested: "This government doesn't appear to see municipal governments as a legitimate, fully elected, order of government, they're increasingly seeing us as a wing of the provincial government, which is not how I think local voters feel."There's also a chill factor this bill creates, said ABmunis' Gandam, the mayor of Wetaskiwin. He said that's why the umbrella group is being so vocal.
The province already does wield considerable authority over what local councils can and cannot tax, and they do have extraordinary powers to remove council members —But premier after premier has largely resisted wielding those powers. This premier wants to upgrade them, and the worry is that likeThis week's surprise yanking — and then backtracking — on provincial support for low-income transit passes for Calgary and Edmonton adds an intriguing wrinkle to the turf debate.
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