Whose jurisdiction is it anyway?

Welcome to the show where the province won't fund housing and the surplus doesn't matter! Plus, we'll update you on regional transit, single use plastics and building community parks.

Show Notes

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

No holiday

• Sept. 19 declared a provincial day of mourning

Thanks Dave

• Dave Cournoyer's Valley Line LRT joke

Federal Building

• Honouring Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Regional transit

• Regional transit takes another step forward with Edmonton's continued support

Supportive housing

• New Edmonton supportive housing complexes ready for tenants but remain vacant
• Mack's tweet
• Edmonton police get $10.3M boost with new Chinatown safety hub

Single-use plastics

• Public hearing on Edmonton's proposed single-use plastics bylaw postponed until October

Funding parks

• New funding scheme aims to make park development more equitable

Voting data

• Group of 7: Here are the Edmonton councillors who are winning the most votes at city hall

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