Why would anyone bother to vote in an Alberta municipal election if this bill passes? The election could be cancelled, candidates removed, results ignored.
Edmonton elected officials and political scientists are skeptical about proposed changes to legislation by the Alberta government, which they say would affect the way municipalities govern.
"I see Bill 20 as an attack on local democracy," Mayor Amarjeet Sohi told CBC Edmonton's
Radio Active Thursday. "This is going to undermine local decision-making and it's going to hurt our communities."
Introduced in the legislature Thursday, the Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act would give the Alberta cabinet authority to dismiss councillors in any municipality and repeal bylaws already passed by a council.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmo...nce-s-new-municipal-governance-bill-1.7185720