COVID-19 restrictions are required but said it’s difficult for any one city to make rule changes that would be effective. Measures need to be implemented at a metropolitan or regional scale to work well, he said, which would mean they would have to come from the province.Iveson was asked about what measures cities could take to combat the spread.“We would potentially have to go back into a state of local emergency and even powers that we have there are now subject to limitations and the ability of the province to countermand or rescind our orders,” Edmonton’s mayor said.“Our tool kit is quite limited.“If we were to shut business down or a portion of business down in Edmonton and drive demand out into the region, leading to outbreaks in the.