Category: 2007-2010 Term

Volunteerism in Edmonton

On Saturday, I spent a fantastic morning with our campaign volunteers. A few volunteers usually join me at events and forums, but given how mayoral campaigns work, I don’t often get to visit neighbourhoods with a large group of volunteers as I did during my council campaigns. I’ve missed it. Every day, I’m honoured by… Read More

Prosperity for the Capital Region

Policy in brief Edmonton is not an island. The municipalities comprising our region play an important part in the economic and social prosperity we all value. As mayor, one of my key priorities will be to lead consensus building to craft stronger regional cooperation that maximizes our shared opportunity while ensuring orderly and balanced growth,… Read More

September 2013 Donor Disclosure

Since my first term on council, campaign finance reform has been an important issue for me. Of particular interest have been donation limits and donation disclosure prior to the vote (please see here, here and here for more on that). I did some advocacy on this in 2009 and, as a result, I pledged to walk-the-walk in 2010 and disclose… Read More

Fresh Thinking About How We Fund Our City

Policy in brief We need to build a new financial formula to fund our city’s future: one that instills a culture of innovation and efficiency within administration, and works toward ending our reliance on regressive property taxes. What we’ll do in the short term I will introduce a new program called “Council’s 2%,” a goal… Read More

Parking Around LRT Stations

I’ve been hearing more and more frustration with parking around the LRT: both the shortage of convenient places to park for riders, and neighbouring community concern with so-called ‘parasitic parking’ plugging up nearby residential streets. We filmed a short video with my thoughts on some considerations and possible next steps for Park and Ride: The… Read More