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Today, City Council voted 7-5 to approve an 80-storey tower on the edge of the river valley, a project otherwise known as ‘the Aldritt tower.’ I voted against this project and wanted to give a summary of my Council remarks to provide context for my vote. This is far and away the most complicated application… Read More
The 2017 infill construction season has officially kicked off. Yesterday, I was pleased to join senior administration from the City of Edmonton, community members and industry representatives to launch another season of building. As I’ve said before, there is a strong case for why we need more and better infill; it makes the best use… Read More
In a close vote yesterday, City Council decided to transfer over the City’s Drainage Services to EPCOR. This was not an easy decision, partly because there was a lot of confusion around what this really means. Hopefully I can provide some clarity and insight here. Firstly, oversight and ownership of assets remain with the City… Read More
In 1978, Edmonton’s population was just over 478,000 and – with great fanfare surrounding the Commonwealth Games – we became the first city in North America (with <1 million people) to build light rail transit. With yesterday’s Statistics Canada announcement, our population now sits at 932,546, making us one of the fastest growing cities in… 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