'Where we see municipalities trying to veer outside their lane and outside the jurisdiction where you see municipalities doing woke politics that are better suited at provincial or national level ... then you're going to see an active provincial government putting municipalities on track'

Premier Danielle Smith has tasked her municipal affairs minister with eliminating conflicts between provincial and local policies, limiting property tax increases, and developing a new universal code of conduct for municipal officials and staff.

Those priorities were among those spelled out in a mandate letter published Monday from Smith to Municipal Affairs Minister Dan Williams ahead of the return of MLAs to the legislature on Oct. 23.

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