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Ahead of this spring’s provincial election, I’m encouraging you to “Ask About Edmonton” when candidates knock on your door. The City of Edmonton’s #askaboutYEG campaign, which launched today, is about mobilizing citizens to champion their city – because Edmonton priorities should be at the forefront of provincial candidates’ minds. It’s important for the next government… Read More
Council’s toughest job is to reconcile all the seemingly contradictory perspectives from the public and then prioritize and allocate scarce resources to shape a vision for our city’s future . I’m proud of where we landed at 2.6% a year, over the next four years. While we’ll continue to work to bring this number down… Read More
Today, after years of negotiation, I was pleased to attend the Government of Alberta’s announcement of a new long-term, legislated funding deal for Alberta’s two largest cities. The deal reflects the province’s economic reality now. It’s fair and in the best interest of taxpayers in their dual experience of paying city property taxes at the… Read More
Earlier last week, I launched my Five Point Plan for Budget 2018. In it, I stressed the need to show how serious we are about our economic resilience and commitment to keeping taxes reasonable while we deliver core services to Edmontonians. However, as demand for city services increase, and our growth continues up and out,… Read More
As City Council heads towards our budget debates later this fall, we get another opportunity to show how serious we are about our economic resilience and our commitment to keeping taxes reasonable while we serve Edmontonians. I’ve thought long and hard about this and I’m happy to share my plan to keep Edmonton on a… Read More