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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/34101338
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-calgary-bike-lanes-1.7599932
I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but does anyone else think something is odd..?
this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2025
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It's fucked up that the province can dictate to a city about what they can or cannot do. Provinces should butt the fuck out of local affairs
At the same time, the provinces are complaining about the Federal government stepping into provincial affairs.
AND at the same time, the provinces are complaining that the Federal government isn't giving the provinces enough money.
That’s cause there is clear jurisdiction areas for provinces. Cities get fuck all for jurisdictional areas.
Cities are creatures of the province.
Not sure if you replied to the wrong comment there, but yeah, you're right. And it's bullshit.
Almost like the local place where people live, where people see others face to face, should be where most the important decisions are made. Not by some elite country or provincial politicians.
The more local the decision more weight should be given to local voices.
For example; Toronto wants to put bike lanes out in the suburbs. Downtown councillors should but the fuck out. Bike lanes in the suburbs had a marginal effect AT BEST to the people who live downtown.
Bike lanes are necessary infrastructure. Cities should not be able to say, "We're not going to service vulnerable road users, they can die in the streets," or, "No safe injection sites in our city," just because that's what the local residents believe. And neither should the province. There absolutely should be limits to authority imposed on local representation from higher levels of government.
Then how can those with big money influence policy?
It highly depends on who you've elected to govern the respective entities. In general it's better to have the same standards across the whole province or even between provinces. They just have to be good standards, so you have to elect progressive politicians at the province level too.
For example, you wouldn't want to have different road markings from one city to the next, or bicycle paths that just end at the city border. And if you want a bicycle highway from idk, lets say Ottawa to Montreal, you need the provinces and even the federal government on board.
You see though, this is completely Torontos fault because they chose not to elect Doug Ford as mayor in 2014 and he's a childish, vindictive cunt.
Municipalities are legally just an organ of the province. They do not enjoy the independence that provinces do from the federal government. The province can disregard anything a city says or does. What you want cannot happen without major constitutional changes.