Praying for the residents of Jasper in the wake of this terrifying experience. 🙏🏻😔 Appreciate the information shared in today's update to gain a better perspective on the scale of this fire & how it completely overwhealmed PREPARED response teams & resources. Happy to help with the rebuilding of this beautiful community. 💞
If you've ever lived in Jasper you would know the west side of town is almost all residential. There are some houses east of downtown, but mostly hotels other than the cavell courts apartments. While it's good they saved major infrastructure, where do people live while they rebuild? Not just families who lost homes but hundreds of workers who staff businesses. Housing has always been at a premium in Jasper. If 60% or more of the residential buildings are lost thats going to cause a huge problem. It will be interesting to see how the rebuild happens, 3 layers of govt red tape to work through, Remember the residents don't own the land their houses were on, its a national park
"layers of govt red tape to work through, Remember the residents don't own the land their houses were on, its a national park" On the other hand that may give access to more money and construction facilities
Mayor set up a local donation center, site for dollar donations not associated with red cross. That agency takes money off the top and funds do not go directly to survivors. Ask Lahaina 💙
To those saying that the firefighting budget was cut by Smith, she has stated that she raised that budget 50% to 150 million last year.. so, no, she didn’t cut it - she increased it by 50 million
I too sad regarding Jasper and it's residence. However, for the future, it's imperative that it is mentioned the extensive use of wood roofing. Seems unwise to use such practices in this location. If such material is used, a water dispensing system needs to be installed on the roof. Also, fire break lines - perhaps at a distance from the community, should be maintained.
how about buying big equipment to build fire gaurds and machines and prisoners to clean out the forests with wind falls and dead falls and dead treess ( clean clean clean 0 I am 80 and we did this in Saskactawan
Some serious questions for Parks Canada need to be asked about the losses in Jasper. The Provincial government and Parks Canada would never have allowed the Banff townsite to experience this kind of loss. Jasper was sacrificed because they don't have the financial investment and political influence to save them. Why? Where was our Provincial and Federal Environment Ministries? Don't preach to me about saving the environment with a carbon tax. Save our protected forest resources, our heritage and our neighbours. Shame on them for their negligent failures.
Because the environmentalist political view on the jasper area saw that the pine Beatles were “natural and native to pine trees” that killed so many trees I was there doing some hiking and camping last summer and I was afraid to have a fire at my campsite because all the trees were dead and all the hiking area I went to was dead and the area that is burning has the highest standing dead around. The question is why did the government at the federal level not allow for the harvest of trees to be cleared out of the dead with a controlled cut line and burn or tree harvest and plant new trees why did we stop doing forest clean ups and leave everything natural in a high fire danger zone. And while digging the fire why did the government refuse the use of bull dozers to create a fire break they were told to save as much standing as possible.
@AellaMaude-oy9qn I am not angry. The national park and townsite have co-existed for many years and are mutually beneficial. They both deserve the protection of the responsible governments.
This was a very good update. The situation is sad but everyone is pulling together and it sounds like preparation, expertise and effort were all there and simply overpowered by Mother Nature. I continue to wonder whether there is something different to be done with respect to prescribed burns to thin out the Forrest fuel but that is a discussion for another day. I am encouraged that most have not taken it into a political discussion, and saddened that the minority of unhelpful individuals did so in the comment section.
Beautiful, brave, Firefighters, Mayor and wonderful Danielle. Thank you, but we need Alberta and BC given far more resources, training, people, fire hazards removed, safety and emergency routes/buildings to house and infrastructure protection. Citizens should not be without support and help
A tragedy for sure. But two positives emerge from this… Firstly, nobody was harmed which is a testimony to the fire officials and the people who heeded the orders to get the hell out. Second, the historical business side of the town is for the most part still intact. Homes can be rebuilt, but history can’t. My heart still pains for the residents though.
Back in the day we fought the fire on the frontlines not picked and choose like what happens now a days huh.... Politics interferes with everything now a days and that pretty sad!!!
@@Slingshot277 Jasper? Easy pump the spring run off and irrigate the mountains and use them snow machines that the ski hills use to rebuild the glaciers like Sweden does!!! End of floods!! And control fires better that plus by irrigateing the mountains it would promote more wild life in the same areas!! Maybe talk to your grandparents and ask them if they all ran from the fire or every one fought it...!! They wer not leaving with out fighting!!! **also the Jasper area has been raping everyone for well over a 100yrs so instead of pocketing the money PUT BACK INTO THE ARE THATS MAKING YOU THE MONEY...**
Incompetents from all government! Federal and provincial! Forest management is a priority in Alberta and Canada, cuts by both useless governments is shameful and completely unacceptable! When will these useless politicians be held accountable.
These forest fires are a direct result of global warming and change of weather patterns caused by excessive use of fossil fuel. This is why we need carbon tax to discourage the use of fossil fuel. Regardless of what politicians from western Canada says, this is the truth.
@@mrbbruin8752 nope against those in authority who are responsible for proper forest management and preventative maintenance. They should have removed the dead pine and debris surrounding the town and build/create a "firebreak" around it. Ffs 🙄
I cry and pray every day for my favourite Jasper!❤😢 I hope all citizens of Alberta are willing to help to restore the area and make it even more precious . So beautiful lodgers and campings to have a new life! Let us know how to donate on facebook, instagram and others!!!!
Responsibility? Parks Canada has a mandate to let a fire burn in a national park. It is a natural occurrence that cleans, and let new growth begin. Maybe Mr Trudeau should tax the fires for the carbon emitted. OOPS, he would have to pay the tax. He won't do that. So...you will.
So she cuts the fire abatement budget and the budget for the parks for fire lookouts and she wonders why this hapens...this is all on Her! Needs to sued for not protecting us properly!
How interesting that the infrastructure was saved. Could this be they needed it for their 15 minute cities. The new Zoning Bylaw intends to support the evolution of Edmonton's neighborhoods into becoming 15-minute communities. Of course these houses will be all rentals because they don't want people having private property.
Why does the Alberta government not use oilfield service companies in these emergencies? We have many water transfer companies capable of laying miles of 10” water line through rugged terrain. Hundreds of high pressure frac pumps are located close by. Offroad cranes and crane trucks could be quickly rigged to be gigantic water cannons. Trained oilfield personal could have pumped the Athabasca river on this fire.
I was in the process of donating £8 to the British Red Cross appeal to help these unfortunate people until I red that the BRC chief executive gets a salary around £180,000 pa. I won't be donating now
Very well putbby the mayor.When you choose to live in a forest that regulary both sees and needs fire to regenerate its going to happen.Sadly for Jasper that day arrived because some wildfires man isnt going to stop and it won't until the weather changes or it runs out of fuel.Very sad but that area has probably seen a thousand fires since tha last age .Still sucks though, as it was a preaty spot.
Critical infrastructure? I'm pretty sure the people who lost their homes consider their homes to be critical infrastructure too. Not to mention the fact that if the Alberta government actually wants to do something they could try switching to different industries rather than fossil fuels and maybe contribute to the decarbonization of the planet? Just a thought
That maybe how some displaced residents view their homes, but officials were simply highlighting that critical infrastructure is technically water treatment, power and natural gas, hospitals, and schools because they serve the entire community, and that their loss could result in significant social, economic, health and enviro effects in the entire community. Officials meant no disrespect to residents, emphasized their sympathies and challenges ahead, and pledged financial assistance to displaced persons. Will fed Libs do the same?. The Carbon Tax is separate and intended to highlight the social & enviro cost of fossil fuels, and to incentivize the replacement of fossil fuels with green energy. AB and SK are clearly reluctant because they have material revenue and strategies tied directly to hydrocarbons.
@AellaMaude-oy9qn I'm sure they have insurance but when those who are supposed to be in charge of managing and preventing these things don't learn and implement lessons from previous such incidents such as Fort Mac in 2016 and Slave Lake before that, by budget cuts or whatever excuse they can come up with, I think they need to be on the hook financially towards those affected by their actions or rather 'inactions'
FACT FOCUS: Conspiracies misconstrue ‘15-minute city’ idea. Cities where people can live a short walk from work, school and other daily essentials rather than braving traffic-clogged highways or long commutes: utopian ideal or dystopian nightmare? In 2023, apparently, it depends on who you ask. Some conservative commentators and conspiracy theorists are increasingly convinced the concept of a “15-minute city” - an urban design principle recently embraced by cities ranging from Paris, France to Cleveland, Ohio - is the latest nefarious plot to curtail individual freedoms. "You won’t be able to use your own car on certain roads and highways without the government’s permission and consent,” claimed one Instagram user in a recent video that’s been liked more than 5,400 times. “You will be constantly monitored by surveillance cameras to ensure that you don’t leave your designated residential zone without first being authorized to do so.” But urban experts and city officials stress the idea has nothing to do with regulating people’s movements or taking away other freedoms. In some cases, they say, it’s being wrongly conflated with local plans to mitigate traffic-clogged roads. The 15-minute neighborhoods proposal, meanwhile, aims to ensure that “every resident has all the essentials (shops, healthcare, parks) within a 15-minute walk of their home,” the fact sheet says. The goal is to “support and add services, not restrict them.” Conspiracy theorists are tapping into COVID-19 pandemic-era vitriol against lockdowns when they falsely portray the concept as a “climate lockdown,” notes Carlo Ratti, director of the Senseable City Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The goal of the 15-minute city is to provide convenient and equitable access to necessities like healthcare, schools, grocery stores, jobs, and greenspace,” Zickefoose wrote in an email. “Our transportation system and neighborhood configurations currently provide this access to residents with cars, which leaves out almost a quarter of our residents.” AP News
You mean walkable neighborhoods? Oh the horror being able to live close to your daily necessities. (BTW any town like Jasper is already a sub 15 min community. People get by just fine there)
Smith as reward shall cut budget to now 40 million a year instead of 50 for all of Alberta. Thats why these fires are wiping out towns. she cut it from about 134 million a year, they've lost a lot.
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And where were the jasper council, province, feds, and parks Canada when they could have mitigated fire risk since the last fire threat. 2 years of nothing done to put in a fire break and remove pine beetle kill and fire destroyed trees. Great photo op for the next election. Trudeau and parks canada next to offer help?
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Ditzy Dani is so Dumb, she needs reminders on her Jacket that she is the Premier. A lousy one, pretty much the Worst the Province has ever seen. She makes Kenney look better than Mediocre, so she is really Bad
@@yogaandlattes It sad to see what happened to Jasper. It will take Decades to rebuild, the Feds have already promised Funding for that, but this is Alberta, and it has a History of repeatedly Repurposing Federal Money, diverting it to Poor Starving Oil and Gas Executives...
Bravo to the fire fighters for protecting critical infrastructure including the hospital and waste water treatment plant 👏 👏 👏
🙏🙏
Thsts saves blackrock some costs after they suck up all the properties. Yeah well done..🙄
@@ChrisMontgomery-xtrmagamr homeowners don't own the land, it's a national park, cp rail and the federal govt own it. You build on a leased land.
Praying for the residents of Jasper in the wake of this terrifying experience. 🙏🏻😔 Appreciate the information shared in today's update to gain a better perspective on the scale of this fire & how it completely overwhealmed PREPARED response teams & resources. Happy to help with the rebuilding of this beautiful community. 💞
Québec is on your side ,for recovery and healing !We ❤Alberta 👍👍❤️❤️🇨🇦
You just love our money, Quebec could care less for us.
@@gryphons22 ❤️❤️
😥 Thank you to the brave Québécois firefighters and your kind wishes! 💗💗Quebec 💗💗
@@davec1894 thanks you ,we do our best to help 👍🙏for you ❤️❤️🇨🇦
@@gryphons22Real Quebecois care about Albertans, and vice versa. So take it easy on the condescending bitterness.
Thank you to ALL persons involved.
Indeed
If you've ever lived in Jasper you would know the west side of town is almost all residential. There are some houses east of downtown, but mostly hotels other than the cavell courts apartments. While it's good they saved major infrastructure, where do people live while they rebuild? Not just families who lost homes but hundreds of workers who staff businesses. Housing has always been at a premium in Jasper. If 60% or more of the residential buildings are lost thats going to cause a huge problem. It will be interesting to see how the rebuild happens, 3 layers of govt red tape to work through, Remember the residents don't own the land their houses were on, its a national park
"layers of govt red tape to work through, Remember the residents don't own the land their houses were on, its a national park" On the other hand that may give access to more money and construction facilities
We ❤Alberta ,Jasper.Thank u for the Firefighters and all People.🫶Stephan and Petra from Berlin,Germany
What a fantastic leader Mayor Ireland is being. Very well said, very authentic. No notes, no script.
He is very well spoken. A good mayor.
Don't do the Freeland head bob n nod .....Danni please don't
My prayers are with you Jasper people and communities around. May Good Lord protect you at this unfortunate time.
With all these fires every year I think it’s about time that we start rebuilding our devastated communities using fire resistant materials.
Sending love from Maui 💙
Please rebuild underground or hemp Crete above ground structures.
Don't sell out please.
Mayor set up a local donation center, site for dollar donations not associated with red cross. That agency takes money off the top and funds do not go directly to survivors.
Ask Lahaina 💙
To those saying that the firefighting budget was cut by Smith, she has stated that she raised that budget 50% to 150 million last year.. so, no, she didn’t cut it - she increased it by 50 million
However I guess being a Federal controlled area its really the responsibility of the Federal Government not Provincial ?
@@grosvenorclubYes it is Federal. Parks Canada trains firefighters. I hope they weren’t working from home this week.
I too sad regarding Jasper and it's residence. However, for the future, it's imperative that it is mentioned the extensive use of wood roofing. Seems unwise to use such practices in this location. If such material is used, a water dispensing system needs to be installed on the roof. Also, fire break lines - perhaps at a distance from the community, should be maintained.
This may be a good time to consider rebuilding with Hemp-crete building blocks . They are in Calgary . Fire proof and super insulation.
how about buying big equipment to build fire gaurds and machines and prisoners to clean out the forests with wind falls and dead falls and dead treess ( clean clean clean 0 I am 80 and we did this in Saskactawan
Some serious questions for Parks Canada need to be asked about the losses in Jasper. The Provincial government and Parks Canada would never have allowed the Banff townsite to experience this kind of loss. Jasper was sacrificed because they don't have the financial investment and political influence to save them. Why? Where was our Provincial and Federal Environment Ministries? Don't preach to me about saving the environment with a carbon tax. Save our protected forest resources, our heritage and our neighbours. Shame on them for their negligent failures.
Idiots that have not set up a buffer zone around the communities is the problem. That's all that can be done to protect against this
Quit with the conspiracy B.S. A fire is a fire...with a mind of its own...What a bunch of propaganda you are spreading...Pure MANURE.
Because the environmentalist political view on the jasper area saw that the pine Beatles were “natural and native to pine trees” that killed so many trees I was there doing some hiking and camping last summer and I was afraid to have a fire at my campsite because all the trees were dead and all the hiking area I went to was dead and the area that is burning has the highest standing dead around. The question is why did the government at the federal level not allow for the harvest of trees to be cleared out of the dead with a controlled cut line and burn or tree harvest and plant new trees why did we stop doing forest clean ups and leave everything natural in a high fire danger zone. And while digging the fire why did the government refuse the use of bull dozers to create a fire break they were told to save as much standing as possible.
@@oneman723that forest was a tinder box just waiting to explode. This was foreseeable.
@AellaMaude-oy9qn I am not angry. The national park and townsite have co-existed for many years and are mutually beneficial. They both deserve the protection of the responsible governments.
Lytton has only 3 houses partially built after over 3 years. BC has a disgusting government, I hope Alberta does better.
They were told in 2017 that this would happen.Government didn’t listen.
I think PLANNED........ same as Hawaii
Catherine Mckenna stated in the House of Commons in 2017 that they were going to jump right to it. Epic fail.
@kelvenguard .. 15 minute cities ... remember maui
@@frank5d289 yes
@@positiveme4063 YEP.... Sounds like EDMONTON just passed 15 min city's... Jasper same as Maui and California... TECH DESTORYED :(
This was a very good update. The situation is sad but everyone is pulling together and it sounds like preparation, expertise and effort were all there and simply overpowered by Mother Nature. I continue to wonder whether there is something different to be done with respect to prescribed burns to thin out the Forrest fuel but that is a discussion for another day. I am encouraged that most have not taken it into a political discussion, and saddened that the minority of unhelpful individuals did so in the comment section.
Beautiful, brave, Firefighters, Mayor and wonderful Danielle. Thank you, but we need Alberta and BC given far more resources, training, people, fire hazards removed, safety and emergency routes/buildings to house and infrastructure protection. Citizens should not be without support and help
THE HEROS ONCE AGAIN FIRST RESPODERS, FIRE FIGHTERS, THE PEOPLE OF JASPER, AND ALL INVOLVED IN HELPING
Massive fire as this create their own weather patterns.
A tragedy for sure. But two positives emerge from this… Firstly, nobody was harmed which is a testimony to the fire officials and the people who heeded the orders to get the hell out. Second, the historical business side of the town is for the most part still intact. Homes can be rebuilt, but history can’t. My heart still pains for the residents though.
Back in the day we fought the fire on the frontlines not picked and choose like what happens now a days huh....
Politics interferes with everything now a days and that pretty sad!!!
Some of the worst fires came from that. This one couldn’t have been stopped. Wind lightning and dry dry heat. Please tell me what you could have done.
@@Slingshot277 Jasper? Easy pump the spring run off and irrigate the mountains and use them snow machines that the ski hills use to rebuild the glaciers like Sweden does!!!
End of floods!! And control fires better that plus by irrigateing the mountains it would promote more wild life in the same areas!!
Maybe talk to your grandparents and ask them if they all ran from the fire or every one fought it...!!
They wer not leaving with out fighting!!!
**also the Jasper area has been raping everyone for well over a 100yrs so instead of pocketing the money PUT BACK INTO THE ARE THATS MAKING YOU THE MONEY...**
What about non Canadian seasonal workers? They are totally displaced with little community support.
Canadians first period they can go home
Incompetents from all government! Federal and provincial! Forest management is a priority in Alberta and Canada, cuts by both useless governments is shameful and completely unacceptable! When will these useless politicians be held accountable.
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The residents should band together and make a class action lawsuit against all those responsible who could have prevented this but didn't
These forest fires are a direct result of global warming and change of weather patterns caused by excessive use of fossil fuel. This is why we need carbon tax to discourage the use of fossil fuel. Regardless of what politicians from western Canada says, this is the truth.
@@CB-vt4ic Class action against Mother Nature... shake your head FFS. LMFAO
@@mrbbruin8752 nope against those in authority who are responsible for proper forest management and preventative maintenance. They should have removed the dead pine and debris surrounding the town and build/create a "firebreak" around it.
Ffs 🙄
I cry and pray every day for my favourite Jasper!❤😢 I hope all citizens of Alberta are willing to help to restore the area and make it even more precious . So beautiful lodgers and campings to have a new life! Let us know how to donate on facebook, instagram and others!!!!
I don’t blame the fire. I blame the mayor and his administration for the lack of action prior to this tragedy.
Why's Sajjan there? Is he the Master Planner of the Blue Prints on how the Fire Hit Both Sides of Jasper! 😡
Why can't the FEDERAL Gov. IMMEDIATELY get onto these Properties to save it??? THEY have more power than the Provincial???😮😭🙏❣️
They are working jointly.
How about allowing selective three harvesting of all the dead trees. Enough of the nonsense and just keep our forests open, safe and clean.
Responsibility? Parks Canada has a mandate to let a fire burn in a national park. It is a natural occurrence that cleans, and let new growth begin. Maybe Mr Trudeau should tax the fires for the carbon emitted. OOPS, he would have to pay the tax. He won't do that. So...you will.
You were doing so well right up to the Trudeau tax part. Good try though.
"We live in a forested community" ... why all the wood roofs then?
Why does the town not have water tanks and fire hoses?
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wait, what? where was that communicated and when?
Parks Canada (federal organization), failed miserable. Work from home management in Ottawa failed.
Thank you
Question any pre-planned building/ development /transportation corridor permits applied for like gov green did months before Maui, Kauai and Oahu.
Would someone arrest those clowns that are causing forest fires!
Do you mean arsonists and careless campers/smokers/etc? I'm sure they are trying.
So she cuts the fire abatement budget and the budget for the parks for fire lookouts and she wonders why this hapens...this is all on Her! Needs to sued for not protecting us properly!
Lets see what these politicians. Can do to help the people community of Jasper. Now is the time to work work work work
Unburned trees beside melted cars and burned houses. Looking a lot like Maui. Science!
Safe and effective “””
Right on you got it.
@@angtheairbenderthe images are there.. trees around the burnt out cars not touched.
Exactly
@Bruce-ft6ey Okay, Fire Marshall
Government set these fires I don’t care what anyone else says
Someone needs to turn the mic’s up
Thank you premier for your wonderful response
Alberta love you
Jasper strong
Good bless you
Best way not to build house near any forest anymore. It's not natural environment but natural desister.
Look at all the East Indians always in the picture
How interesting that the infrastructure was saved. Could this be they needed it for their 15 minute cities. The new Zoning Bylaw intends to support the evolution of Edmonton's neighborhoods into becoming 15-minute communities. Of course these houses will be all rentals because they don't want people having private property.
Why does the Alberta government not use oilfield service companies in these emergencies? We have many water transfer companies capable of laying miles of 10” water line through rugged terrain. Hundreds of high pressure frac pumps are located close by. Offroad cranes and crane trucks could be quickly rigged to be gigantic water cannons. Trained oilfield personal could have pumped the Athabasca river on this fire.
I was in the process of donating £8 to the British Red Cross appeal to help these unfortunate people until I red that the BRC chief executive gets a salary around £180,000 pa. I won't be donating now
19:38................ BURNED 33%................. Ears to Hear :(
Canada is getting destroyed piece by piece 😓
Just not fast enough. Reset is overdue
It's the end of the world as we know it...
Very well putbby the mayor.When you choose to live in a forest that regulary both sees and needs fire to regenerate its going to happen.Sadly for Jasper that day arrived because some wildfires man isnt going to stop and it won't until the weather changes or it runs out of fuel.Very sad but that area has probably seen a thousand fires since tha last age .Still sucks though, as it was a preaty spot.
This is all yapping. They do not even show the town. Waste of time to watch.
Critical infrastructure? I'm pretty sure the people who lost their homes consider their homes to be critical infrastructure too. Not to mention the fact that if the Alberta government actually wants to do something they could try switching to different industries rather than fossil fuels and maybe contribute to the decarbonization of the planet? Just a thought
That maybe how some displaced residents view their homes, but officials were simply highlighting that critical infrastructure is technically water treatment, power and natural gas, hospitals, and schools because they serve the entire community, and that their loss could result in significant social, economic, health and enviro effects in the entire community. Officials meant no disrespect to residents, emphasized their sympathies and challenges ahead, and pledged financial assistance to displaced persons. Will fed Libs do the same?.
The Carbon Tax is separate and intended to highlight the social & enviro cost of fossil fuels, and to incentivize the replacement of fossil fuels with green energy. AB and SK are clearly reluctant because they have material revenue and strategies tied directly to hydrocarbons.
Trudeau's fault!
Thanks for the deep & impactful contribution.
The people end up suffering as usual
👍🇨🇦🚒🚑🚓 thank you
The residents should band together and make a class action lawsuit against all those responsible who could have prevented this but didn't
@AellaMaude-oy9qn I'm sure they have insurance but when those who are supposed to be in charge of managing and preventing these things don't learn and implement lessons from previous such incidents such as Fort Mac in 2016 and Slave Lake before that, by budget cuts or whatever excuse they can come up with, I think they need to be on the hook financially towards those affected by their actions or rather 'inactions'
Class action lawsuit against mother nature... do you even have a clue ffs. Jasper folk live in a forest... think about it before you type...
@@mrbbruin8752 nope not mother nature the ones in authority responsible for proper forest management and preventative maintenance
16:58-17:11 i didn’t laugh
Anyone ask how these fires started? Either a tourist, a crack head or climate change?
Crying without tears. Truly political.
Anyone see chem trails before july 22
preco sa nehasilo lietadlami???
Because the Canadian government never replaced the Mars Water bombers. The biggest bomber they have now only carries 1/4 of the Mars payload.
Ps..STOP THOSE 15 MIN HOMES/PLACES📣❣️
FACT FOCUS: Conspiracies misconstrue ‘15-minute city’ idea. Cities where people can live a short walk from work, school and other daily essentials rather than braving traffic-clogged highways or long commutes: utopian ideal or dystopian nightmare? In 2023, apparently, it depends on who you ask.
Some conservative commentators and conspiracy theorists are increasingly convinced the concept of a “15-minute city” - an urban design principle recently embraced by cities ranging from Paris, France to Cleveland, Ohio - is the latest nefarious plot to curtail individual freedoms.
"You won’t be able to use your own car on certain roads and highways without the government’s permission and consent,” claimed one Instagram user in a recent video that’s been liked more than 5,400 times. “You will be constantly monitored by surveillance cameras to ensure that you don’t leave your designated residential zone without first being authorized to do so.”
But urban experts and city officials stress the idea has nothing to do with regulating people’s movements or taking away other freedoms. In some cases, they say, it’s being wrongly conflated with local plans to mitigate traffic-clogged roads.
The 15-minute neighborhoods proposal, meanwhile, aims to ensure that “every resident has all the essentials (shops, healthcare, parks) within a 15-minute walk of their home,” the fact sheet says. The goal is to “support and add services, not restrict them.”
Conspiracy theorists are tapping into COVID-19 pandemic-era vitriol against lockdowns when they falsely portray the concept as a “climate lockdown,” notes Carlo Ratti, director of the Senseable City Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The goal of the 15-minute city is to provide convenient and equitable access to necessities like healthcare, schools, grocery stores, jobs, and greenspace,” Zickefoose wrote in an email. “Our transportation system and neighborhood configurations currently provide this access to residents with cars, which leaves out almost a quarter of our residents.” AP News
You mean walkable neighborhoods?
Oh the horror being able to live close to your daily necessities.
(BTW any town like Jasper is already a sub 15 min community. People get by just fine there)
Jasper❤
His bless y’all
all that smoke is comming to manitoba Danielle Smith
Is it smoking out the mosquitoes?
@@frank5d289 no we need more smoke
Smith as reward shall cut budget to now 40 million a year instead of 50 for all of Alberta. Thats why these fires are wiping out towns. she cut it from about 134 million a year, they've lost a lot.
Actually she has addressed that question from a reporter and she raised it 50% from ~100M to ~150M last year.
@@scottmm5436 over 3 years. 50 mill a year.
@@scottmm5436 150 million over 3 years for fighting fires. Thats 50 sry I was off, its 1/3 of what it was.
@@bobthekobbnah its 155 m this year. Also, this is parks Canada jurisdiction not Albertas.
How the trees and grass surrounding some burned buildings didn't burn?
Legit question
Those areas were protected by Chuck Norris for his dog.
@@IbnBahtuta right. It could very well be the case
fire is random in nature.
Global why are deletion coments.
it is sometimes YT, it is very complicated why and how they disappear, if you research you will see there are many theories and opinions on it...
Pro Trudeau/Liberal media organization.
If you select newest comments first they mysteriously show up.
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@@darlene2709 neither is a legitimate centre/right perspective.
and Hirjit is one of trudeau's crooks
Relevant to this story?
FJT!
And where were the jasper council, province, feds, and parks Canada when they could have mitigated fire risk since the last fire threat. 2 years of nothing done to put in a fire break and remove pine beetle kill and fire destroyed trees. Great photo op for the next election. Trudeau and parks canada next to offer help?
Not the time for finger pointing and politics.
The residents should band together and make a class action lawsuit against all those responsible who could have prevented this but didn't
CALL TRUDEAU 😂
federal government perp walk.
Ok, but any meaningful comment about the FIRE and the LOSSES sustained by the town?
@@yogaandlattes Go ahead.
@@patriciamiller2800 Ah, a sophisticated, mature, and well articulated contribution to a serious issue!.
@@yogaandlattes Read slowly: go ahead.
@@patriciamiller2800
Follow: string of logic.
You post an immature and stupid stmt on a serious issue, so its up to YOU to be an intelligent adult and post something MEANINGFUL per my request (hence the "?") Or, too ignorant and weird to follow!
Ditzy Dani is so Dumb, she needs reminders on her Jacket that she is the Premier. A lousy one, pretty much the Worst the Province has ever seen. She makes Kenney look better than Mediocre, so she is really Bad
ok, but any comment about the FIRE and the LOSSES sustained by the town in this thread?
@@yogaandlattes
It sad to see what happened to Jasper. It will take Decades to rebuild, the Feds have already promised Funding for that, but this is Alberta, and it has a History of repeatedly Repurposing Federal Money, diverting it to Poor Starving Oil and Gas Executives...
In BC the town of Lytton only has 3 homes partially built after over 3 years. They are following the 2030 script to the letter.
@@pjimmbojimmbo1990this was the feds jurisdiction, not Alberta.
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Ok, whatever that means and pertains to. But any comment about the FIRE and the LOSSES sustained by the town in this thread?
Québec is on your side ,for recovery and healing !We ❤Alberta 👍👍❤️❤️🇨🇦