Alberta Municipaity has brain fart and adopts goofy bylaw way beyond their powers

Before you go all half-cocked with excitement about the new bylaw passed by St. Albert, Alberta, making it an offence to promote and/or engage in gender conversion therapy of youth, give your head a shake and realize that municipalities, whether in Alberta or not, do not have any constitutional right to do that




see the article at:  https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/cheers-erupt-as-alberta-municipality-votes-to-ban-conversion-therapy

I don't disagree with the sentiment, and the federal government should do something about the problem, but I am glad that municipalities do not have the powers and rights to pass such laws and impose heavy fines or other penalties for such things.  Imagine what a mess our country would be in if every municipality was entitled to pass criminal laws and regulate social behaviour.  It would be pure tribalism and anarchy, like a trip back to the middle ages or worse.

They are entitled to regulate matters relating to property usage, civic nuisances, garbage collection, taxes, road construction and maintenance, and similar stuff relevant to running a municipality, but criminal law or social behaviour not constituting a nuisance to other residents, is way, way beyond their rights and powers. The Alberta municipal government statutes do not give them such powers, probably because the province does not have the constitutional power to do so, and their lawyers have made it clear to the bonehead politicians that they can't do that.

I am amazed at the level of ignorance that prevails in the ignorant minds of Canadians.