David A
Senior Member
... a great set up until the Provincial government decides to block things well because it doesn't like them and because it can.
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Urban National Park Option for the River Valley
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Gronk!
Senior Member
A brief history of the river valley
edmonton.taproot.news
A moment in history: Sept. 11, 1982
On this day in 1982, Edmonton was debating something called the river valley parkland proposal.
edmonton.taproot.news
Gronk!
Senior Member
Sohi reflects on housing emergency declaration, downtown investment
In a year-end interview with Taproot, Mayor Amarjeet Sohi said council's declaration of a housing and houselessness emergency in January led to real change, despite provincial criticism at the time that it was performative.
edmonton.taproot.news
National urban park
Sohi said he is disappointed by progress on the national urban park initiative. “There has been a lot of politics around it.”The Alberta government passed Bill 204 and Bill 18, amendments that grant the province more power over decisions relating to national urban parks.
The bills have complicated an already murky engagement process, the city’s website suggests. “Partners have identified a need for greater clarity and understanding of how they should work together during the (national urban park) planning phase and how the Government of Alberta’s Bill 204 and Bill 18 will impact the project,” the city’s website reads.
Parks Canada is engaging with stakeholders, including Indigenous groups, to determine how the park will be governed.
“Developing strong partnerships is critical to the long-term success of the project. This has been our focus over the past several months, resulting in a necessary delay in planning phase activities and engagement,” the same city website reads.
David A
Senior Member
It has been disappointing, although tbh from feedback I have heard from people involved in the process, I am not sure the city was really ever that enthusiastic or committed to this either.Sohi reflects on housing emergency declaration, downtown investment
In a year-end interview with Taproot, Mayor Amarjeet Sohi said council's declaration of a housing and houselessness emergency in January led to real change, despite provincial criticism at the time that it was performative.
National urban park
Sohi said he is disappointed by progress on the national urban park initiative. “There has been a lot of politics around it.”
The Alberta government passed Bill 204 and Bill 18, amendments that grant the province more power over decisions relating to national urban parks.
The bills have complicated an already murky engagement process, the city’s website suggests. “Partners have identified a need for greater clarity and understanding of how they should work together during the (national urban park) planning phase and how the Government of Alberta’s Bill 204 and Bill 18 will impact the project,” the city’s website reads.
Parks Canada is engaging with stakeholders, including Indigenous groups, to determine how the park will be governed.
“Developing strong partnerships is critical to the long-term success of the project. This has been our focus over the past several months, resulting in a necessary delay in planning phase activities and engagement,” the same city website reads.
The Mayor seemed to initially say some nice things, but not much happened after that Maybe the city anticipated the provincial problems or is using them as an excuse to not put much effort in, I don't know.
trevorhayden
Active Member
Why not just engage with the Province and get on with it? The law doesn't say no national parks. It says province must be engaged on national parks.