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Feuds between levels of government and talks of western alienation have prompted Mayor Don Iveson to join a call for national unity with municipal leaders across Western Canada.

The 16-member Western Economic Solutions Task Force intends to spark a dialogue with the federal government, seeking support to confront the economic downturn facing western communities.

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Iveson is one of four Alberta representatives to serve on the new Federation of Canadian Municipalities group, announced Friday morning, in order to bring recent struggles of communities to the national scale. Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, Alberta Urban Municipalities Association president Barry Morishita and Rural Municipalities of Alberta president Al Kemmere also sit on the task force alongside mayors from Regina, Saskatoon and Winnipeg.

“Together, this group of elected officials will convene important conversations between the municipal and federal orders of government to ensure the perspectives of western communities are voiced, and to drive new solutions on how to best support them through this economic crisis,” said Bill Karsten, president of the federation, in a Friday news release.