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
For Lemmings from other areas, it doesn’t read like a warning, exactly, but in the context of what
the Alberta governmentliterally this minster has been doing it kind of is.Edit: Didn’t notice this is signed Devin Dreeshen.
You don’t need to know anything about Alberta or the region. This is just how politicians talk.
If this was about honest concerns he would have addressed why the city plans to build bike lanes. Instead he just talks about “tax dollars” and increasing capacity for “all citizens”. Which shows that he has a complete disregard for the existence of citizens who do not take a car for every small move.
The law, in its majestic equality, enables the rich as well as the poor to drive their luxury vehicles everywhere.