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Stay updated with our blog. We discuss city issues, council decisions, and topics of interested to community members in Ward Métis.


Aug 26, 20232 min read
Funding Formula Continued
Last week, City Council discussed the proposed Edmonton Police Service Funding Formula. The proposed formula passed 9-4. I was one of the...

Aug 26, 20237 min read
Guiding Growth For Complete Communities
The City of Edmonton is growing and evolving. Where, when and how we grow plays a key role in helping achieve the outcomes in the City...


Jul 11, 20237 min read
Revamping the Rulebook: Zoning Bylaw Renewal
Edmonton’s Zoning Bylaw is going through its first comprehensive overhaul in over 60 years as part of a process called Zoning Bylaw...


Feb 12, 20235 min read
Committee Rotations & Reflections
Last week was my final meeting as a member of Urban Planning Committee this term. There are three standing committees that councillors...


Feb 12, 20231 min read
Safe Streets Upgrades 2023
Safe crossings are essential to community connectivity, safety, and livability. Since the City of Edmonton adopted Vision Zero in 2015,...


Dec 21, 202212 min read
Budget Wrap Up
About a month ago, I wrote that the proposed City budget for 2023 to 2026 would not provide an adequate return on investment for...


Nov 22, 20227 min read
Budget 2023-26 - Early Thoughts
City Council is now fully in the swing of budget season. The proposed operating, capital, and utility budgets have all been released, and...


Sep 6, 20223 min read
District Planning
Edmonton’s City Plan sets our collective gaze on a more healthy, urban, climate resilient future where people can live locally in...


Aug 15, 20223 min read
Gondola Land Agreements Not Approved
The gondola has generated significant conversation in our city and I appreciate all of the emails, messages and calls I received leading...


May 30, 20229 min read
Community Safety & Wellbeing
Over the last two weeks, City Council has had a number of difficult conversations about the safety and wellbeing of our communities....


Apr 26, 20225 min read
The Next Chapter for Infill in Edmonton
On April 26, Urban Planning Committee received an update on the completion of the Infill Roadmap initiative, a multi-year project dating...


Apr 11, 20224 min read
A Stronger Approach to Problem Properties
UPDATE: April 19, 2022 - City Council approved the recommendations from Community and Public Services Committee (see below) to fund the...
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