Didsbury – Didsbury Mayor Rhonda says municipalities across Alberta want to do more to address pressing social issues like housing, but they don’t want the cost to be passed on to them by the provincial government.・Mr. Hunter says:
At the recent Alberta Municipal Conference, municipalities adopted a number of resolutions calling for future social issues to be addressed.
“Most of the resolutions dealt with social issues like housing, homelessness, health care, social issues that are state and federal responsibilities,” Hunter said. albertan.
“We continue to lobby the government to address all these issues, but we don’t want that to lead to us being forced to download the issue or being held responsible for it. ” she said.
“We have to pay attention to those issues. There are bodies and governing bodies that are working on these issues and are in control, and we have to fund them and get them to support us. But we don’t want to see the government start downloading it at the responsibility of local authorities. We want each group to be fully funded.”
Members of Alberta’s municipalities have passed a resolution calling on the provincial government to:
• Amend existing laws or pass new laws to strengthen protections for vulnerable residential tenants.
• Create or improve financial support available to vulnerable residential tenants.
• Invest in local governments to support the development of affordable housing units and support those most vulnerable to the current economic and health impacts.
• Invest in cost-effective health and support services needed to help people with complex needs secure housing and remain in their homes. The result is a measurable reduction in homelessness and significant savings in health care, justice, and law enforcement costs.
• Provide solutions to municipalities of all populations that recognize the need to address addiction, homelessness, and public safety issues and create a recovery-oriented addiction and mental health care system for the state. do.
Mr Hunter said Didsbury City Council was looking forward to working with newly elected AM chairman Tyler Gundam and vice-chairman Krista Gardner to “support mid-sized town issues”. Ta.