AUMA passes three RFD motions
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The Alberta Urban Municipalities Association passed three Requests for Decision (RFD) motions at its Spring Municipal Leaders Caucus on Thursday.
The motions will be forwarded on to AUMA committees for further fleshing out, and will be appended to other AUMA lobbying initiatives toward the provincial government.
The first RFD passed was a motion which asks the provincial government to allocate more funding and resources to help clear existing provincial court backlogs. The motion, which received 96 per cent support from other community leaders from across the province, reads “That the AUMA advocate for the Minister of Justice and Solicitor General to ensure the justice system is properly resourced so that all Albertans have timely and equitable access.”
Alberta ministers defend widely criticized coal consultation plans
Alberta cabinet ministers are defending the government s widely criticized plans to consult the public over open-pit coal development in the province s Rocky Mountains.
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Posted: Apr 16, 2021 9:11 PM MT | Last Updated: April 17
Construction equipment is seen at left in a file photo in the mountains near Crowsnest Pass. A heavy truck is seen at right working at the Teck Elkford Operations open-pit coal mine in southeastern British Columbia, near the Alberta border.(CBC)
AUMA passes three RFD motions
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By Tim Kalinowski on April 17, 2021.
The Alberta Urban Municipalities Association passed three Requests for Decision (RFD) motions at its Spring Municipal Leaders Caucus on Thursday. The motions will be forwarded on to AUMA committees for further fleshing out, and will be appended to other AUMA lobbying initiatives toward the provincial government. The first RFD passed was a motion which asks the provincial government to allocate more funding and resources to help clear existing provincial court backlogs. The motion, which received 96 per cent support from other community leaders from across the province, reads “That the AUMA advocate for the Minister of Justice and Solicitor General to ensure the justice system is properly resourced so that all Albertans have timely and equitable access.”
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Alberta cabinet ministers are defending the government’s widely criticized plans to consult the public over open-pit coal development in the province’s Rocky Mountains.
“Our goal is to ensure the government’s approach to coal reflects the best interests of Albertans and will balance stringent environmental protections and the approach to resource development,” said Energy Minister Sonya Savage in an e-mail.
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