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Bill 20: The Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act: Strengthening or Polarizing Local Elections?

  • The Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, 2024 Report for Rural Municipalities of Alberta

  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
  • The Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act has the potential to be a landmark piece of legislation in Alberta—mainly, impacting municipal elections and governance. Our findings, derived from comprehensive literature reviews, case studies, and media analysis, led us to conclude that implementing political partisanship at the local level is something many policymakers, councillors, and regular Albertans have no appetite for in local elections. Our recommendations are for the RMA to not readily embrace the ideas of political partisan integration, due to the lack of significant data showcasing that the amendments within Bill 20 were conceived with rurality in mind. We believe many articles were written from an urbanized perspective, and integrating many of these vague amendments into local elections may threaten local autonomy and the democratic processes in rural Alberta.

  • Date created
    2024-12-01
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  • Type of Item
    Report
  • DOI
    https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-1dhc-5d71
  • License
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International