Next Monday is Alberta's quadrennial municipal election day.
Leading up to the election, the United Conservative Party provincial government has been involved in legalizing municipal political parties in Calgary and Edmonton, hoping to see urban councillors elected who share their far-right and separatist agendas.
plenty of jiggery-pokery by our United Conservative Party provincial government
The government's actions are seen as an attempt to influence the outcome of the election in the province's two largest cities.
Author's summary: Alberta's municipal election day is next Monday.