Context

Alberta is a conservative Canadian province that is rich because they extract a lot of oil. The Alberta Government opposes all measures that could reduce oil-production or oil consumption.

For instance, when the Canadian Federal Government tried to take measures to reduce plastics pollution, the Alberta Government publically protested.

Calgary is the largest city in Alberta. The city has a traffic violence problem. Data shows it has the worse road deaths and injuries rate of any major Canadian city.

Jyoti Gondek, the Mayor of Calgary, recently suggested building more safe bike lanes to reduce car dependency. A few days later, her office received this warning letter

  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    1 day ago

    For Lemmings from other areas, it doesn’t read like a warning, exactly, but in the context of what the Alberta government literally this minster has been doing it kind of is.

    Edit: Didn’t notice this is signed Devin Dreeshen.