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Old 04-11-2024, 05:08 PM   #18810
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Originally Posted by timun View Post


Exactly what I was thinking: if the provincial government can just enact a "sovereignty" act that declares they can unilaterally ignore federal policies that "harm Albertans", what's stopping the municipalities from each enacting a "Sovereignty Within a United Alberta Bylaw" that declares they can unilaterally ignore anything the province does that "harms Calgarians/Edmontonians/<insert municipality>-ians", such as middle-man their way into federal funding programs?

These are the sorts of moronic things that happen when you open that Pandora's box of stupid crap.
Municipalities exist at the pleasure of the provincial government unfortunately. Not sure if they could do anything legally, but hopefully they can show their citizens what a idiotic law this is.
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