Find out the location, type of election, federal, provincial, territorial or municipal, and the dates of upcoming elections in Canada. Both offered their views on how conservatives can win municipal elections. Pro: Voters will know what a candidate supports. A proposal that they must first obtain permission to make such deals with Ottawa, mixed with the city charter cuts, is not an idea.

The UCP government has already given the tech sector its standard fare of cuts and indifference. In November, Kerry Diotte, the Conservative member of Parliament for Edmonton-Griesbach and a former Edmonton city councillor, sat on a three-person panel in Red Deer tasked with offering fellow conservatives strategies to win municipal elections in 2021. Despite the minister's assurances, I've spoken to many who expect conservatives to organize campaigns in both cities, likely in the form of slates (an idea that's rare but is used in Vancouver and Montreal). My own hometown, Kitchener-Waterloo in Ontario, has gone through this cycle. The cynic in me thinks those who pushed the councillor to introduce the motion wanted this exact scenario. The 44th Canadian federal election will take place on or before October 16, 2023 to elect members of the House of Commons to the 44th Canadian Parliament. You handcuff what you want to control or feel threatened by. Alberta's collective future is brighter only if its two big cities thrive. While — to pick but one example from our big cities — tech is. "There is no need for any part of partisan politics to enter municipal government," he wrote. And in its place, Kitchener-Waterloo has built a diversified economy, by adding tech. By submitting a comment, you accept that CBC has the right to reproduce and publish that comment in whole or in part, in any manner CBC chooses. We should care if we care about fairness. Flanking Diotte on the Manning Centre panel, which was called "Local Councils in 2021," were Mike Nickel and Jeromy Farkas. Why would Alberta's current brand of conservatives want to influence big-city governments? The latest possible date of the vote is determined by the fixed-date provisions of the Canada Elections Act, which requires federal elections to be held on the third Monday in October in the fourth calendar year after the polling day of … Edmonton and Calgary flaunt progressivism. Parties are not part of our city elections right now. This is a large reason why more than 80 per cent of Canadians (and indeed, Albertans) now live in an urban setting. After scrapping their city charters and knocking Edmonton's and Calgary's real power back, the UCP government has now proposed it will force all municipalities to seek provincial approval before entering into agreements with the federal government. This puts the contempt many subscribers to the UCP's style of conservatism have for these cities in context. Edmonton's Iveson and Calgary's Nenshi are less than certain to seek re-election in 2021. We reserve the right to close comments at any time. Pseudonyms will no longer be permitted.


Another came days later, when Justice Minister Doug Schweitzer kneecapped Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi with the epithet that he's "Trudeau's mayor.". The economy is working in the wrong place for Alberta: The city.”, OPINION | Why Alberta's cities should prepare for a fight in 2021, Conservative activist plans slate of candidates for Calgary's next municipal election, CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices. Instead, if the governing UCP or those within its closest orbit descend on the councils of our two big cities in 2021, we have a bigger problem: The economy. Related Links. Audience Relations, CBC P.O.

Fellow councillor Andrew Knack took to Twitter and put it even more plainly. Which is why Calgary and Edmonton need to prepare to fight back in 2021.