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Thank you. After many months of campaigning, those are the most fitting words I can find to sum up Monday’s decisive election win. When it was all said and done, we had captured 72.47% of the vote, with an overwhelming 141,182 Edmontonians casting their votes in our column. I’m proud of the campaign we ran,… Read More
As Edmontonians, we have a lot going for us. We are the youngest city in Canada. Our kids and grandkids go to some of the very best public schools in the world. We have one of the best public library systems on the planet. We’re home to a superb array of post-secondary institutions, making us… Read More
In just a few short years Edmonton will be home to 1 million people, cementing our place as one of Canada’s big cities. Edmontonians aren’t used to thinking about their city in this way, but our rapid growth – coupled with being one of the youngest cities in Canada – is putting pressure on our… Read More
I have long believed in the power of cities to tackle some of the great challenges of our time. This is especially true when it comes to confronting both the causes and the impacts of climate change. At about the mid-point in my term as Mayor, City Council passed the Community Energy Transition Strategy, making… Read More
One of the most key questions our kids will need an answer to is where will my job come from, and what kind of economic opportunity can I count on in the future in Edmonton? When I was elected Mayor in 2013, our economy was in a much different place. Oil prices were at $109… Read More