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Climate change and energy security are topics that garner a significant amount of attention, but they are issues that have become clouded with noise. To see the real gravity of the these issues, however, we don’t have to look much further than the disastrous Calgary floods of 2013, the increasingly intense summer storms we now… Read More
I’ve just returned home from leading my first overseas mission, a two-week trip to China and South Korea that included representatives of the City, Edmonton Airports, and Edmonton Economic Development. The trip was full of meaningful moments — both official and unscripted — and, on the long journey home, I had time to reflect on… Read More
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
I still remember the excitement of the ballroom at the Matrix Hotel a year ago today. We were all riding a wave of enthusiasm and hope for what would come next — and when I took the stage it felt like we were all embarking on a new journey together. My campaign was built on… Read More