Press Release - Results on the Non-Binding Vote of the Electors on a Question

For Immediate Release - November 26, 2024

The electorate of the Crowsnest Pass has spoken in favor of the Grassy Mountain Project, receiving a 71.73 % yes vote with approximately 54% of the electorate voting at our Non-Binding Vote of the Electors on a Question. The Crowsnest Pass has gone to the polls and made their decision, and your Mayor and Council will take your position forward to upper levels of government and through the regulatory process.

This vote was about hearing from and getting direction from the electorate, the people that voted us in and trusted us to represent the Crowsnest Pass. It is about clearly understanding what the community wants on the Grassy Mountain Project.

We are not the decision maker on this mine, and we are only one of the stakeholders, but we are an important one, we are the community that this mine primarily will draw from for housing, road, rail and the workforce. We hear from people on both sides of the issue regularly, and we know this is important to you and there are passionate voices on both sides, so it was important for us to know where the community stands, and you have spoken, and we have heard you and we will take what you have told us forward and continue to advocate for this mine.

Mayor and Council of the Municipality of Crowsnest Pass

The Vote of the Electors was done in accordance with the Local Authorities Elections Act which sets important election provisions including voter eligibility and rules of residence.