Municipal Politics

[Gronk!]

‘He should resign’: Edmontonians critical of police commissioner serving from Portugal | CityNews Edmonton

A provincial government decision to allow an Edmonton police commissioner to serve the remainder of his term from his new home in Portugal is proving unpopular in the Alberta capital.

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[Gronk!]

Edmonton police commissioner expected to step down when move to Portugal complete: minister

Alberta’s public safety minister issued an updated statement Tuesday morning saying an Edmonton police commissioner is expected to resign his position when he moves to Portugal. It comes after John McDougall, who is currently serving as chair, announced Friday his plans to continue serving as a...

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[TAS]

Both Sohi and the premier on Ryan Jespersen Show today.

 

[David A]

Both Sohi and the premier on Ryan Jespersen Show today.

As is often the case politicians try to take credit for the good things such as increased housing starts in Edmonton and blame others for the bad things, such as property tax increases way above inflation rates.

I'm not sure this heads we win, tails you lose approach goes over that well or helps their credibility. Great that they are restricting increases in user fees because of affordability concerns, but a lot of home owners are not high income either.

 

[policyenthusiast]

‘The city of jails’: Disproportionate number of inmates released in Edmonton, report finds​

Inmates released from prison disproportionately call Edmonton home afterwards, according to a recent report to city council.

It’s partly because Edmonton is home to a large number of correctional facilities: Edmonton Institution, the Remand Centre, and various medium- or minimum-security institutions. It has one of the highest rates of correctional institutions per capita in Canada, the report outlines.

 

[David A]

‘The city of jails’: Disproportionate number of inmates released in Edmonton, report finds​

Inmates released from prison disproportionately call Edmonton home afterwards, according to a recent report to city council.

It’s partly because Edmonton is home to a large number of correctional facilities: Edmonton Institution, the Remand Centre, and various medium- or minimum-security institutions. It has one of the highest rates of correctional institutions per capita in Canada, the report outlines.

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City of Prisons doesn't have quite the ring to it as another slogan, but perhaps dumping ground for Alberta's social problems does.

 

[yeggator]

‘The city of jails’: Disproportionate number of inmates released in Edmonton, report finds​

Inmates released from prison disproportionately call Edmonton home afterwards, according to a recent report to city council.

It’s partly because Edmonton is home to a large number of correctional facilities: Edmonton Institution, the Remand Centre, and various medium- or minimum-security institutions. It has one of the highest rates of correctional institutions per capita in Canada, the report outlines.

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Makes me wonder: why isn’t it a policy to automatically ship inmates back to their communities of origin as soon as their released from prison? I’m kind of a NIMBY when it comes to ex-convicts

 

[TAS]

‘The city of jails’: Disproportionate number of inmates released in Edmonton, report finds​

Inmates released from prison disproportionately call Edmonton home afterwards, according to a recent report to city council.

It’s partly because Edmonton is home to a large number of correctional facilities: Edmonton Institution, the Remand Centre, and various medium- or minimum-security institutions. It has one of the highest rates of correctional institutions per capita in Canada, the report outlines.

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Glad this is finally getting highlighted.
Council needs to speak up including our mayoralty candidates but also our local MLAs and MPs. And the public needs to speak up to those representatives.

 

[trevorhayden]

There is no way a politician can frame this issue without stigmatizing the former inmates or the local residents.

 

[Gronk!]

Glad this is finally getting highlighted.
Council needs to speak up including our mayoralty candidates but also our local MLAs and MPs. And the public needs to speak up to those representatives.

So far it's just City News carrying the story. Not a peep from Global, CTV, CBC, Postmedia or Taproot as of yet.

 

[TAS]

So far it's just City News carrying the story. Not a peep from Global, CTV, CBC, Postmedia or Taproot as of yet.

Sohi spent time talking it about on the Ryan Jesperson show yesterday - how the person who killed the security guard shouldn't have been in Edmonton or any city but still in jail and the city has highest concentration of correctional facilities and there are no plans when people are released to properly integrate them into the community once time is served.
He said he has spoken to every provincial minister and federal in relation to this asking for more support.

Jespersen had Smith on right after and of course he doesn't ask her any question about the the disproportionate amount of facilities in Edmonton and that city has been requesting more support. How do you respond premier?

We should be getting disproportionate (extra) amount of funding given the circumstances Edmonton has been placed in as without proper integration more harm is created in the city.

Perhaps Cartmell will have more success although he has talked more about defunding active transportation routes than this issue so far.

 

[thommyjo]

There is no way a politician can frame this issue without stigmatizing the former inmates or the local residents.

Most criminals deserve to be “stigmatized”. Violent offenders, drug dealers, pedophiles, robbers, etc etc. please do stigmatize.

If people choose a better path and restore their reputations, amazing. Many do. But for those who don’t, yes, they should feel social judgement for their dishonour to society and criminal behaviour. This is basic sociology and anthropology.

 

[yeggator]

Most criminals deserve to be “stigmatized”. Violent offenders, drug dealers, pedophiles, robbers, etc etc. please do stigmatize.

If people choose a better path and restore their reputations, amazing. Many do. But for those who don’t, yes, they should feel social judgement for their dishonour to society and criminal behaviour. This is basic sociology and anthropology.

For real. Whenever Yegwave posts about a convicted sex offender getting released into the community that the police say is likely to reoffend for the same crime, I lose any interest in trying to go along with the “reintegration” of said offender.

 

[archited]

My take on the Jespersen interview with the Mayor and Premier was -- much to the upset of my world political view -- that the Mayor is just marking time through his term in office with a complete lack of "big ideas" while Smith seemed to have a better grasp of the issues discussed and also had a reasonable approach to potential solutions. I particularly liked how she had a grasp of modern medicine and its differentiation into more nuanced slots and the need to address those differences in lieu of lumping everything together en masse with a one-size fits all outcome. In the Premier's case I wish Jespersen had talked about the old RAM building and the mis-fire notion to raze the building in favor of a park. For the Mayor's portion of the interview I wish he would have asked what harm would have been engendered to First Nation's sensibilities with the private sector development of an aerial tram through the river valley from Hotel Mac to Whyte Ave. From the proposal that I studied the footprint for the Tram would not have even touched any land that could be considered "sensitive", a position that was solidly reinforced by Chief Darlene Misik of the Papaschase Band and by one of the Mayor's own advisors on all things Indigenous, Lewis Cardinal.

 

[TAS]

My take on the Jespersen interview with the Mayor and Premier was -- much to the upset of my world political view -- that the Mayor is just marking time through his term in office with a complete lack of "big ideas" while Smith seemed to have a better grasp of the issues discussed and also had a reasonable approach to potential solutions. I particularly liked how she had a grasp of modern medicine and its differentiation into more nuanced slots and the need to address those differences in lieu of lumping everything together en masse with a one-size fits all outcome. In the Premier's case I wish Jespersen had talked about the old RAM building and the mis-fire notion to raze the building in favor of a park. For the Mayor's portion of the interview I wish he would have asked what harm would have been engendered to First Nation's sensibilities with the private sector development of an aerial tram through the river valley from Hotel Mac to Whyte Ave. From the proposal that I studied the footprint for the Tram would not have even touched any land that could be considered "sensitive", a position that was solidly reinforced by Chief Darlene Misik of the Papaschase Band and by one of the Mayor's own advisors on all things Indigenous, Lewis Cardinal.

Those would have been some good questions. In fact given that the RAM has generated some media attention, I'm surprised he did not ask that one, in particular.