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Originally Posted by DJones
Then why do people get so worked up when someone suggests taking money from the feds and giving it to provinces/Municipalities.
Canada has always been a top down society that value legislative efficient governments rather compromise. Municipalities are beaten down step children in our system begging for scraps.
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Municipalities exist at the behest of the province. The province can transfer powers and responsibilities, and remove them, from local governance. So really, you seem to have an issue with provincial governments not giving enough to municipalities. Feds have little to do with it. Why not advocate for change within Alberta for more local government powers then? Why seeprate as a province?
Also, individual building codes for municipalities is a silly silly idea. There is a case to be made that Canada-wide may not be the most efficient, and some local regions have unique needs(hail, floods, snow, etc) but having every town with their own standards would be a disaster.