There seems to be a series of things Marlaina and the UCP are doing to ensure their brand of politics apply to the municipal level:
- political parties for municipal elections (even though the vast majority of Albertans oppose this);
- consult the 'council of the defeated' in Edmonton; punish Edmonton by pausing their much needed hospital and building in Red Deer;
- inserting themselves between municipalities and federal funding (Bill 18);
- reviewing and redo-ing research grants for universities to 'add more conservatism'
- Get Red Deer to 1M metropolis
She even said political parties are needed at the municipal level because 'Calgary and Edmonton'.
When you don't win the game, you change the rules to tilt in your favor. Danielle's big city strategy in a nutshell. And build a new big city if the current ones don't support you politically.
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