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2021 Election Results

December 29, 2021December 29, 2021 admin

Another municipal election has come and gone and this one brought some significant changes to Rocky View County Council. Five of the eight incumbents who ran were re-elected, and two first-timers were successful. Remember that there was a boundary adjustment… Read More

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Nenshi’s regional board is at war with rural development

January 21, 2021January 23, 2021 Bruce McAllister

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

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Nenshi’s latest power grab over rural communities must be stopped

November 13, 2020November 29, 2020 Bruce McAllister

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

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UCP wants rural investment, but continues to shackle rural municipalities

November 8, 2020December 5, 2020 Bruce McAllister

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

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Nenshi’s threat to annex surrounding communities is petty bullying

October 20, 2020March 26, 2022 Bruce McAllister

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

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The provincial government is doing to rural Alberta, what Ottawa does to Alberta

October 11, 2020November 29, 2020 Bruce McAllister

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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Sorry, It’s Time for a New Era in Canadian Leadership

July 21, 2020November 29, 2020 Bruce McAllister

Sorry is a worn out word in today’s Canada. For decades Canadians have been known abroad for our ready apologies, and quick contrition even for the most minor infractions. We wear this kind of northern humility with a badge of… Read More

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Rocky View Report – June 23, 2020

June 24, 2020December 12, 2020 admin

ROCKY VIEW REPORTJUNE 23RD COUNCIL MEETING Cambridge Estates Decision in Conrich Put Off A lengthy public hearing was held for phase 4 of Cambridge Estates in Conrich, and in a controversial decision, Council voted to table the issue until more… Read More

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Alberta’s Red Tape Reduction Ministry isn’t living up to the hype

May 28, 2020March 26, 2022 Bruce McAllister

It’s time to scrap the Calgary Regional Municipal Board. Alberta has sailed right into the perfect storm of economic instability; and there probably isn’t a forecaster anywhere who could have predicted this bruising set of circumstances. Covid-19 arrived like a… Read More

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Sizing up Trudeau next to Churchill

May 14, 2020March 26, 2022 Bruce McAllister

In the words of Churchill, “It is not enough to float. We have to swim.” Where is Winston Churchill when we need him, because Canada needs a grown-up leader at the helm right now. Churchill was Britain’s Conservative Prime Minister during World War… Read More

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