Municipal elections

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My province and some others are having municipal elections this fall. I just saw a sign with the candidate’s name, and under it, two flags: on the left, the trans flag, with a red ‘X’ over top, and on the right, the maple leaf with a green check mark. Didn’t get a picture unfortunately, but I applaud the clear messaging at the municipal level.

Are you seeing any anti-globalist municipal election ads?
 
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My brother in law is running for mayor in a municipality in Southern Ontario.

He is a well known business owner, and is incredibly based (has to hide his power level). Has a decent chance as incumbent is no longer well liked.
 
I was thinking of running in the next municipal election in my city. It's really easy these days to set everything up for a campaign. No reason why everyone shouldn't be.
 
I intend to run in future. Have a really based councillor right now, in one of the most right-leaning municipalities and ridings in the country. That said, we’re exurban, and the city folk moving out here fly rainbow flags and support more multi-family development. Hoping we get a very far right council in this time. More development or less development is always the defining issue.
 
Thing is, it actually requires little effort to run in municipal elections. I think it's worth attempting anyway. What you're describing sounds like only what would happen in maybe the 10 biggest Canadian cities.
 
@Koba That's actually a great idea. There's currently 12 cities. mainly in in BC and Alberta, that have the population to benefit from their own police force instead of the RCMP. Kicking the RCMP out of these cities would be a good thing. We should be running in these cities and kicking the RCMP out.

  • Burnaby, British Columbia (~250,000): The largest single municipality in Canada policed by the RCMP (having taken that title following Surrey's transition to the municipal Surrey Police Service in late 2024).
  • Richmond, British Columbia (~215,000–220,000): One of the largest urban RCMP detachments in Metro Vancouver.
  • Kelowna, British Columbia (~150,000): The largest detachment in the B.C. interior.
  • Coquitlam, British Columbia (~150,000): Policed by the Coquitlam RCMP detachment, which also serves neighboring Port Coquitlam (~65,000), covering an integrated population of over 215,000.
  • Township of Langley, British Columbia (~140,000): Policed jointly with Langley City (~30,000) via a single Langley RCMP detachment serving roughly 170,000 residents.
  • Red Deer, Alberta (~112,000): The most populous city policed by the RCMP in Alberta, following several municipal reviews that voted to keep contract policing.
  • Strathcona County, Alberta (~104,000): A specialized municipality encompassing Sherwood Park and surrounding rural areas.
  • Nanaimo, British Columbia (~102,000): The largest RCMP detachment on Vancouver Island.
  • Kamloops, British Columbia (~100,000): Crosses the 100,000 threshold and operates an urban detachment in the Thompson-Nicola region.
Joint and Regional Detachments Over 100,000

  • North Vancouver, British Columbia (~150,000 combined): The District of North Vancouver (~90,000) and the City of North Vancouver (~60,000) share a single integrated North Vancouver RCMP detachment.
  • Greater Moncton / Codiac, New Brunswick (~140,000 combined): Policed by the Codiac Regional RCMP, which serves the contiguous tri-community of Moncton (~85,000), Dieppe (~30,000), and Riverview (~20,000).
  • Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia (~480,000 total): Operates a hybrid/dual-policing model where the municipal Halifax Regional Police patrols the urban core, while the RCMP Halifax District polices the suburban and rural districts of the municipality.
 
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