They'll never downzone our bunny density!

I'd encourage everyone to watch the full Real Talk episode... The Mayors of Alberta's two largest cities are (nicely) calling the Premier a LIAR! She does the same with HC, spouts a bunch of nonsense with confidence, even though what she says has no basis in fact or truth...

"Mature neighbourhoods as a whole have 67,000 fewer people living there than in 1971." "72 per cent of new row homes are within walking distance of the LRT or a frequent bus line." "new three-bedroom row homes in desirable neighbourhoods going for as little as $1,700"

"Who cares about an election? No one does." That's what an organizer behind Edmonton's anti-infill push believes. No wonder they pushed the Premier to throw out local democracy. Despite what Jesse Watson thinks, mandates come from elections, not his preferences.

Should Danielle Smith be able to order your local council to vote to approve rezoning for a massive AI data centre? And threaten to fire your democratically elected mayor if they vote against it? This latest provincial overreach isn't about density. It's about your legal right to a fair hearing.

Is your province requiring its municipalities to better comply with Charter Mobility Rights by allowing more people to move there? That's good. Keep going, BC. Is your province further restricting municipalities from better complying with Charter Mobility Rights? That's bad. Stop it, AB.

My guess is 55/45. Close but not that close.

Smith sees the municipal elections in the same light as provincial ones: at the same announcement, she said she hoped that the referenda would give her a mandate to pursue the direction she wants to go for the province. We have a mechanism for that, a general election. She should resign and call one

The premier could have worked on the actual issues: bad builders, construction quality, and activating vacant land. But, repeal shows it's not about responsible infill, it's about less.

Edmontonians just voted on this issue in 2025 and chose to go the course because they saw the results of a more affordable city.

NIMBYs when you ask them why housing should go on arterial roads instead of in their neighbourhood

From what I've seen the greenfield developers that do both infill and greenfield are not happy about this change. Some specific greenfield developers are just straight up NIMBYs and also it's good for their business.

Her claims are also false. If she spent one minute googling, she would find that the Edmonton got $0 for the zoning bylaw renewal because it was complete prior to the Housing Accelerator Fund. Goes to show how much the UCP thought about this.

Remember, you can’t force everyone in your neighbourhood to come from a certain socioeconomic class and get political support for that in 2026, but you can if you demand every multifamily building have upscale finishes and design that raises the price of entry.

I believe the city removed the angular plane first before the province forced them.

Here's the video of it. What a legend.

Overriding local decisions that allow for more housing supply makes zero sense. Watching a conservative government add heavy regulation to free-market housing supply is simply mind-boggling.