Is the CRP another level of government or bureaucracy?
A – No. The Calgary Metropolitan Plan is a made-in Alberta and made-in-the-region solution to the regional partnership and collaboration question. Distinct from B.C’s fourth level of government and additional bureaucracy, distinct from Ontario’s centralizing consolidation or amalgamation, and distinct from USA’s complicated mix of private, public, NGO approaches, CRP is developing something unique and Alberta authentic – an optimum combination of voluntary-binding with limited compliance.
