https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alta-jasper-fire-1.7588534

“To try and build things that involve limited parking or restricted parking or reduced parking makes absolutely no sense to me,” Laurenson said.

This is infuriating to read... :(

There is a lot of research showing mandatory parking actually drives housing prices up:

https://www.sightline.org/2023/04/13/parking-reform-legalized-most-of-the-new-homes-in-buffalo-and-seattle/

https://www.vtpi.org/park-hou.pdf

https://bloustein.rutgers.edu/parking-fight-unveiling-the-divisive-impact-on-society-housing-and-urban-development/

Basically, Jasper is making it illegal ❌ to build an apartment/home without parking 🅿️.

In other words, new home buyers are indirectly forced to pay for parking. Even if they are 100% okay with buying an affordable home/apartment that doesn't including parking.

Basically, mandatory parking requirements forces people to pay for the cost of car ownership, even if they just want a roof over their head.

Mandatory parking is one of the many reasons why Los Angeles housing is so expensive:

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-04-26/editorial-eliminate-parking-requirements-housing-people-is-more-important-than-housing-cars

BC Premier David Eby recently said part of being a leader is not saying reckless shit

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-bc-premier-david-eby-measles-vaccines-recklessness/

He didn't mention your name. But he was talking about you Danielle.

You are the leader of a major Canadian province. With great power comes great responsibility. Many Alberta voters really like you. They genuinely trust you. Don't spread total bullshit

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/danielle-smith-adolf-hitler-netflix-rachel-notley-1.6836160

You triggered a major disease outbreak:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/article/measles-cases-in-alberta-nearing-highest-mark-since-1986/

Doctors and nurses now have to deal with this:

SHAME ON YOU!!!

The question that the separatists were proposing was Do you agree that the province shall become a sovereign country and cease to be a province of Canada? And the question that Lukaszuk proposed is Do you agree that Alberta should remain in Canada?