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Given all the foreboding comments Premier Prentice had made in the weeks and months leading up to yesterday’s provincial budget announcement, we were all bracing for the worst. Instead, we got something in the middle. Generally, I’m pleased that the Premier and his cabinet listened to what we have been saying repeatedly over the past… Read More
Even as late as the 1980s, if you were to paint a defining portrait of Canada, it would probably involve rolling fields of wheat, lakes, a moose and vast expanses of blue sky. Today, the image of Canada is a different one, shaped by rapidly evolving cities that are more dynamic than ever. Today and… Read More
Following nearly six hours of discussion last night, and after hearing from 30+ speakers, City Council’s Executive Committee passed the following set of motions: 1. That Administration work with the Transportation Network Companies* to provide a report, before the end of the third quarter, to include a draft bylaw that would establish public safety rules… Read More
On November 10, I hosted the inaugural Mayor’s City-Building Summit here at City Hall. The Summit gathered leaders from the health, K-12 education, post-secondary, business and community safety sectors to speak – as one – about Edmonton’s priorities in the coming years. A key deliverable from this Summit is the following letter summarizing this… Read More
In July of 2013, I wrote a blog that outlined why smart borrowing can be employed to help in our city building efforts. Much of what I wrote then remains true, but as we enter into budget deliberations I think the subject deserves further discussion. Under previous councils (specifically from 1990 to 2002), our City… Read More