The Bulletin — April 28: Does Alberta Have Weak Mayors?

A lot rests on their individual leadership skills

Alberta’s mayors have been called ‘weak,’ but at least one of them was in a bar fight. That counts for something, right?

Here being ‘weak’ as a mayor has nothing to do with feats of strength. Alberta has what’s informally called a council-manager or ‘weak mayor’ system, a term borrowed from the United States. Council-manager mayors are common in Canada. …