By Drew Wilson ( May 11, 2022, 11:43 AM EDT) -- Certain sections of the Alberta Municipal Government Act place legal duties on municipalities, while other sections provide them with broad defences. These sections occasionally come into conflict, but previous judicial decisions have tended to favour applying statutory defences broadly to immunize municipalities from liability. (See Ellis v. City of Lethbridge, 2020 ABQB 783; Shanks v. Calgary (City), 2003 ABQB 56; Pulkinen v. Crowsnest Pass (Municipality), 2020 ABPC 53.) This is largely due to the unique budgetary constraints (as well other demands) faced by municipalities....