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Tuesday marked the final City Council meeting of this term, and it was a long one. I was happy to see resolutions on several key issues but most significantly, I am most pleased we were able to publicly discuss and announce news on Northlands. For many months Council had to discuss the outstanding issues with… Read More
A lot has changed since election day in October of 2013. Back then, the Oilers were hoping to make the playoffs after a seven year drought, the price of oil was just over $109/barrel and President Obama was in his second term in the Oval Office. In that relatively short time, we’ve seen wild swings… Read More
One of my main priorities is running an open and effective local government, so today’s report from our Open City and Analytics group was very encouraging. Since 2015 the Open City team has won national and international recognition for how it approaches open government. For example, Edmonton has been named ‘Canada’s Most Open City’ for… Read More
If you’re not familiar with Edmonton’s current flag, don’t worry – most people aren’t. Here’s what it looks like: At Council today I put forward a motion asking city staff to collect public input on our current flag, as well as specifically collect feedback on Ryan McCourt’s flag design, presented by the Confederacy of Treaty 6… Read More
When I was three years old, my best friend in daycare was a kid named Carl. Carl and I did everything together – we shared toys, collaborated on macaroni art projects and ate lunch side by side, every single day. It wasn’t until later that Carl’s skin colour became something that seemed to matter, something… Read More