Context
Alberta is a conservative Canadian province that is rich because they extract a lot of oil. The Alberta Government opposes all measures that could reduce oil-production or oil consumption.
For instance, when the Canadian Federal Government tried to take measures to reduce plastics pollution, the Alberta Government publically protested.
Calgary is the largest city in Alberta. The city has a traffic violence problem. Data shows it has the worse road deaths and injuries rate of any major Canadian city.
Jyoti Gondek, the Mayor of Calgary, recently suggested building more safe bike lanes to reduce car dependency. A few days later, her office received this warning letter
Mayor should write back, “Thanks for the letter.” And then continue according to plan.
This government has blown up one Calgary transport plan already (they’re literally building two halves that don’t enter downtown at all now), so that may or may not be wise. Cities don’t really have constitutional protections in Canada or Alberta.