Should be an interesting meeting for anyone able to attend on Monday.
"MLAs to hold open house on land-use bills
LEDUC COUNTY - George Rogers, MLA for Leduc-Beaumont-Devon, and Ray Prins, MLA for Lacombe-Ponoka, will be holding an open house for concerned landowners to get the facts on the Province's Bills 19, 36 and 50.
"There's a lot of fear and misinformation being spread right now," said Rogers. "The idea that the government would pass bills that would remove an individual's property rights is not only completely false, but ridiculous. The Premier is a landowner, 22 members of the government are landowners — why would they pass legislation stripping themselves of their rights? It's a completely illogical argument."
The open house, scheduled for Monday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. at the Rolly View Hall, will be a chance for landowners to have an open discussion on these Bills.
"This way, we can look the landowners in the eye and tell them the facts," said Rogers.
Bills 19, 36 and 50 speak to responsible, coordinated, long-term land-use planning in the province.
Rogers said that it is not the government's intention to change the long-standing balance between accommodating the public interest and recognizing the rights of individual Albertans. In light of the concerns raised, Premier Ed Stelmach has asked for a review of the wording of the bills, and has indicated that if changes to legislation need to be made to better clarify the government's intentions relative to protecting landowners' rights, those changes will be made. He's also made it clear that no regional plans will be approved before this review of the legislation is complete.
Anyone interested in attending is asked to contact the Leduc-Beaumont-Devon Constituency Office at 780-986-4652"
"MLAs to hold open house on land-use bills
LEDUC COUNTY - George Rogers, MLA for Leduc-Beaumont-Devon, and Ray Prins, MLA for Lacombe-Ponoka, will be holding an open house for concerned landowners to get the facts on the Province's Bills 19, 36 and 50.
"There's a lot of fear and misinformation being spread right now," said Rogers. "The idea that the government would pass bills that would remove an individual's property rights is not only completely false, but ridiculous. The Premier is a landowner, 22 members of the government are landowners — why would they pass legislation stripping themselves of their rights? It's a completely illogical argument."
The open house, scheduled for Monday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. at the Rolly View Hall, will be a chance for landowners to have an open discussion on these Bills.
"This way, we can look the landowners in the eye and tell them the facts," said Rogers.
Bills 19, 36 and 50 speak to responsible, coordinated, long-term land-use planning in the province.
Rogers said that it is not the government's intention to change the long-standing balance between accommodating the public interest and recognizing the rights of individual Albertans. In light of the concerns raised, Premier Ed Stelmach has asked for a review of the wording of the bills, and has indicated that if changes to legislation need to be made to better clarify the government's intentions relative to protecting landowners' rights, those changes will be made. He's also made it clear that no regional plans will be approved before this review of the legislation is complete.
Anyone interested in attending is asked to contact the Leduc-Beaumont-Devon Constituency Office at 780-986-4652"
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