You would think they would. I'm also from Alberta—Edmonton, actually—so I'm well aware of the way the public hearing process works, the notification process. But depending on the capacity with the municipalities, the smaller municipalities may not go through the same consultation process that a large municipality would go through.
What is the same is that there is a notification and there is the ability for the public to come. The public would include businesses and entities like the rail companies, who could make a presentation.
But again, to have a blanket...across the country I don't think will work when you look at the differences between provinces and territories.