Calgary City Can’t Campaign But Councillors Can Speak | Calgary News

Calgary News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jun 30, 2026 · 1m

Calgary’s city council is navigating a legal tightrope as debate intensifies over Alberta potentially leaving Canada — the city can’t officially campaign, but councillors can speak out. One councillor, Farkas, has raised alarms calling it a “five-alarm fire,” urging research into economic fallout, especially for Calgary. Polls show nearly half of Chamber of Commerce members would relocate businesses if separation happened — with fears that lower-income residents would suffer most. While the city can’t advertise or run a referendum campaign, it could commission research or ask Calgary Economic…