Calgary Herald Letters, April 30: Political parties in local elections favours only UCP

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Individual: Leon Cooperman

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Calgary Herald Letters, April 30: Political parties in local elections favours only UCP

Publicly funded surveys show that 80 per cent of Albertans don’t want municipal political parties. Bill 20 would allow corporations and unions to make donations directly to municipal candidates during elections. The legislation would also allow the Alberta government to terminate elected councillors (deemed to be not conducting themselves in the public’s best interest), with no clear definition of what the “best interests of the public" might be…