Small businesses, we have heard you. Please know that in no way was I voting to silence you when we voted on opening up the start of the meeting for public hearing – I just wanted to move forward with approving the budget reductions and subsequent tax relief that you have rightly demanded. I appreciate […]
The following is a media release that I just issued and will share in full here, along with the Notice of Motion being brought forward on Monday. Calgary, AB, June 7, 2019 – On Monday, I will introduce a notice of motion that has come about after several weeks of collaboration with fellow Councillors. Last […]
Calgary, Alberta and Quebec City, Quebec – May 30, 2019 City Council is very aware of the significant tax burden on Calgary businesses as a result of the severe economic downturn. Like the Government of Alberta, we also believe it is critical to reduce business taxes in Calgary. With the Province’s past practice of taking […]
I wasn’t going to wade into this, but there have been some claims made by some special interest groups and individuals based on comments from my fellow Councillors this week that are simply not true. I’m not entirely sure if they are intentionally getting this wrong, but we have an obligation to give Calgarians the […]
There has been a fair bit of interest in street sweeping across the city since it was made known that I had raised a number of questions with Administration. You can view my Administrative Inquiry that was sent to both Roads and the Calgary Parking Authority (CPA) here. My hope is that through these questions, […]
There has been a lot of chatter about pensions this week as two notices of motion will be brought forward on Monday. One targets 15 people, while the other takes a holistic approach and looks at the entire City of Calgary. One makes for easy sensationalist headlines, while the other takes a look at the […]
To whom it may concern: Further to #YYCMatters, in my capacity as the Councillor for Ward 12 in the City of Calgary, and together with other elected representatives and community leaders from south-east Calgary and other areas of the City of Calgary, we are writing to advocate for the completion of Calgary’s Green Line Light […]
Yesterday morning, along with General Manager of Transportation Michael Thompson, I had the opportunity to talk Green Line with many members of Calgary’s construction and contracting community. A few people even ventured in from out of town. The event was put together by Global Public Affairs and they asked a number of questions to Mr. Thompson […]
Yesterday the Standing Policy Committee on Transportation and Transit heard the quarterly update for the Green Line for the first quarter of 2019. You can find the report here if you’re interested. The report, notably Attachment 4, was updated since it was initially released late last week. I had been somewhat critical of the release […]
Today, Minister of Transportation Brian Mason and Minister of Service Brian Malkinson were in town to announce upgrades to Deerfoot Trail worth $478 million. The announcement includes 21km of new lanes, one southbound and one northbound from Anderson/Bow Bottom Trail to Beddington Trail which will help relieve some of the congestion caused by these choke […]