{"id":928216,"date":"2026-10-10T21:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T21:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/928216\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T21:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T21:22:09","slug":"alberta-premier-smith-calls-out-federal-interference-in-edmonton-housing-rules-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/928216\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta Premier Smith calls out federal interference in Edmonton housing rules \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

EDMONTON \u2013 Alberta Premier Danielle Smith spent a majority of her time on a call-in radio show today defending her government\u2019s decision to roll back some Edmonton housing rules.<\/p>\n

Smith said the province reversed zoning bylaw changes this week that Edmonton made in 2024 because Ottawa influenced the city\u2019s rules.<\/p>\n

She said the government at the time offered Edmonton millions in funding in exchange for the zoning changes that made it easier to build multi-unit complexes in older, established neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlberta Premier Danielle Smith answers questions during a press conference at the Canadian Forces Base in Edmonton on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/James Maclennan<\/p>\n

She called Ottawa\u2019s funding a bribe and said that it disrupted the integrity of the home building process in Edmonton.<\/p>\n

She said the changes surprised homeowners when bulldozers started tearing down homes on streets, brought down property values and caused parking issues.<\/p>\n

The mayors of Alberta\u2019s two major cities have pushed back on the government\u2019s reversal, with Calgary\u2019s Jeromy Farkas saying the province was threatening local democracy.<\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 10, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EDMONTON \u2013 Alberta Premier Danielle Smith spent a majority of her time on a call-in radio show today…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":928217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-928216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=928216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/928217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=928216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=928216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=928216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}