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To date, Edmonton has never seen a residential building of the scale that City Council approved at its Public Hearing on Monday night. At 45 storeys, the Emerald will be four times higher and double the density than the current zoning allows. When it’s all said and done, it will add 500+ people to the Oliver… Read More
Most people don’t realize that the actions of any municipality – whether it’s Edmonton or Evansburg – are governed by a piece of provincial legislation called the Municipal Government Act (aka the MGA). As far as documents go, they don’t come much thicker than the MGA – mainly because of the incredible complexity that comes… Read More
Yesterday, the Provincial government released its 2016 budget and there is still much analysis to be done on what it all means for Edmonton. I certainly understand the pressure this government is under to deliver a budget amidst a deep economic crisis that has left a huge hole in provincial revenue. So, with tempered expectations,… Read More
It’s been almost three weeks since the City passed its 3-year operating budget and now that the dust has settled, some people have asked: if affordable housing is such a priority for City Council, why did we leave affordable housing projects unfunded? While the main thrust of these budget deliberations was restraint on spending, a related… Read More
After five days of discussion over sixty-plus amendments, this year’s City Council budget debate could be characterized as a difficult, yet productive journey. When we began these discussions last Friday, there were $58 million in unfunded initiatives and a 4.9% proposed property tax increase before Council. At the same time, we’d heard loud and clear… Read More