Opposition to the Calgary Metropolitan Region Board (CMRB) and its current governance structure is growing in rural Alberta, and the costs associated with this Board are skyrocketing. Last week we told you about Foothills County’s opposition to the plan and now… Read More
It’s been nearly two full years since the election of the UCP and still no action on the Calgary Metropolitan Region Board (CMRB). They continue to let this Calgary controlled board chug along, with its new growth plan sure to… Read More
Rocky View Council has scheduled a special Council meeting for this Monday, February 8th at 9:00 a.m. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the Calgary Metropolitan Region Board (CMRB). As we have recently reported, the Board has released… Read More
Are you aware that the Calgary Metropolitan Region Board (CMRB) is about to sterilize most of the rural lands surrounding Calgary? As we reported earlier this week, the CMRB has made its growth plan maps public, and what they reveal… Read More
We have troubling news to share with you regarding the Calgary Metropolitan Region Board (CMRB). The Board has been working on a growth plan for the Calgary region and they just made the maps they are proposing public. Our worst… Read More
With the stroke of a pen arbitrary drawn across a map, many thousands of acres of rural lands surrounding Calgary are about to be sterilized of their economic potential. Land that owners intend to develop – creating thousands of jobs… Read More
Nenshi has hired a lobbyist to obtain more powers over the rural communities surrounding Calgary. In Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi’s world, it’s his way or the highway. That’s why he hired a lobbyist to tell the province that Calgary City… Read More
But those who know how economies actually grow have been waiting on Premier Kenney to finally take action and let Alberta’s rural economic engine grow as only it knows how. When the issue of the Calgary Metropolitan Regional Board made… Read More
Bruce McAllister writes that Nenshi’s is threatening to annex surrounding communities to sap competition. Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi isn’t happy to rule his meagre plot of land; he wants to extend his reach beyond Calgary’s borders over rural and small… Read More
Bruce McAllister writes that unelected fourth layers of government are strangling development in rural Alberta. An Alberta showdown is brewing. Alberta oil and gas producers are asking for a tax break and the province is looking at ways to give… Read More
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