Gronk!
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AFAIK the only person advocating for a referendum on the urban national park is that fuckwit Lorne Gunter.
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Gronk!
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Edmonton's mayor says city must keep control if river valley becomes national urban park
Edmonton’s mayor is insistent that the city maintain ownership and control of the river valley as exploration of it becoming a national urban park continues.
edmontonjournal.com
Edmonton takes next step in establishing river valley national urban park
Edmonton city council’s urban planning committee voted unanimously on Wednesday to recommend to the rest of their elected colleagues that city administration move to the planning stage of the National Urban Parks program pending approval by Parks Canada.
Gronk!
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Keith Gerein: Does Edmonton need a national urban park to cherish its river valley?
Edmontonians want local control, but Ottawa doesn’t generally put money to something without getting some measure of influence in return
edmontonjournal.com
David A
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Gerein usually does a better job, maybe he was having an off day. Rather than only referring to Jasper or Banff which are not urban, it would make more sense to look at the existing Urban National Park that has been around for a while and the ones currently in progress in various other cities to try figure out or explain how this would work.
As someone who is an Edmontonian and a Canadian, the main issue for me is not who controls this as I have a vote for both levels of government. In any event, I doubt it will be one or the other, probably there will be some sort of agreement for shared management allowing the city to also benefit from Parks Canada's resources, expertise and focus.
As someone who is an Edmontonian and a Canadian, the main issue for me is not who controls this as I have a vote for both levels of government. In any event, I doubt it will be one or the other, probably there will be some sort of agreement for shared management allowing the city to also benefit from Parks Canada's resources, expertise and focus.
EdmTrekker
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If there is a minuscule role for Parks Canada why bother at all. Personally I would like the land transferred to the Feds, There was a time the Province was going to deliver a Provincial Park but as usual it was all bull shit from the PC/UCP. Hopefully City and Feds come up with something that is a win for all the parties.
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trevorhayden
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What about joint City, indigenous (Enoch), federal stewardship?
EdmTrekker
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Are the Enoch the right First Nation? City website says "Edmonton is located within Treaty 6 Territory and within the Métis homelands and Métis Nation of Alberta Region 4. We acknowledge this land as the traditional territories of many First Nations such as the Nehiyaw (Cree), Denesuliné (Dene), Nakota Sioux (Stoney), Anishinaabe (Saulteaux) and Niitsitapi (Blackfoot)." Treaty 6 members should decide themselves what representation, if any, they wish to provide and what if any roles they see themselves providing. Lets remember the land belongs to the City and the Mayor is not supportive of transferring it. My worry is too many interests may be clamouring for Federal funds and may leave Edmonton on the hook to provide more maintenance and security of the river valley. Somewhere there is a role for the Province - as they pursue development of Big Island. Lets hope the UCP don't become anther headache for the people of Edmonton by messing up this opportunity for Edmonton and Region.
trevorhayden
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There is no provincial opportunity. They only know how to screw over Edmonton.
Aaron_Lloyd
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As opposed to the Feds who obviously have never screwed over Edmonton...
ChazYEG
Senior Member
The feds screw everyone every now and then, but the province makes it a mission to screw Edmonton as much as possible.As opposed to the Feds who obviously have never screwed over Edmonton...
Gronk!
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Proposed national park in Edmonton’s river valley moving to planning phase - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca
The next step is the planning phase, where boundaries for the park will be defined and funding from the federal government will be confirmed.
globalnews.ca
archited
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Since there is no "there" there yet, I would like to see what comes out of discussions and ideas forums before deciding if it is good or bad.
northlands
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David Staples: Popular uprising forms against Edmonton handing over river valley to Ottawa management
It's hard to imagine the federal government will offer significant funds without wanting to prescribe rules.
edmontonjournal.com
Gronk!
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David Staples is an idiot and I take everything he writes with a grain of salt. I prefer to read an actual news article from Postmedia, CBC, CTV, Global or Taproot.
CplKlinger
Senior Member
Agreed, I think council made the right step by agreeing to the next phase to shed light on the pros and cons, the governance structure, etc. There is room for improvement here; the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society estimates that around 30 hectares of our river valley are lost to industrial development annually.
Parks Canada to consider Edmonton-area river valley for national urban park network
Canada's largest urban park is in the running to gain official status as a national urban park, which proponents say would help protect local ecology and bring tourism to the region.
edmonton.taproot.news