Welcome to a special edition of the Cross Border Interviews. My name is Chris Brown, and I’ll be your host for today's episode. Today’s special episode, we will be taking a look at the recent Alberta Municipalities Conference in Edmonton, where Premier Danielle Smith and Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley spoke. The Alberta Municipalities: President Summit on the Future of Municipal Government was hosted from March 29th to March 31st in the provincial capital of Edmonton.

Welcome to a special edition of the Cross Border Interviews. I am your host Chris Brown. Today, we have gathered a panel of guests to discuss a recent announcement from the Rural Municipalities of Alberta (RMA). On March 7th, RMA announced that rural municipalities within Alberta, are currently dealing with an overall unpaid oil and gas property tax burden of $268.5 million. This is a staggering number which has increased each year since the organization began collecting data

Welcome to a special edition of the Cross Border Interviews. I am your host Chris Brown. Today, we have gathered an panel of guests to discuss the recent release of the 2023-2024 provincial budget and want to know if Municipalities gained anything from this budget? Our guests include Alberta Minister of Municipal Affairs the Hon. Rebecca Schulz, Alberta NDP Critic for Municipal Affairs the Hon. Joe Ceci, Alberta Party Leader Barry Morishita President of the Alberta Municipali