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Public spaces, public laws: Grande Prairie limiting equal access to public spaces
Public space governed by private silence is not democracy.
Public buildings should not be run like private clubs. That principle should not be controversial. Yet, in Grande Prairie, access to a city-owned public space is being controlled through unpublished rules, resistance, and silence when residents ask for answers.
Our Nolan Dyck Recall campaign is authorized by Elections Alberta. We are operating under Alberta’s Recall Act, which sets strict timelines and clear requirements for citizen-led democratic participation.
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We are a volunteer, citizen-led, Grande Prairie-based grassroots petition initiative. As part of our signature gathering process, we requested to rent space in city-owned facilities so residents could conveniently participate in direct democracy by signing the recall petition.
Our request to rent Centre 2000, a city-owned building, was denied verbally by the Grande Prairie and District Chamber........