Calgary is growing and we need leaders who are willing to meet the challenges head on with bold decisions to create a secure future. The absence of bold leadership and the ability to move with intention and action is sorely lacking from my colleagues who continue to stand in the way of progress.

New homes increase property value, and row homes provide the best increase in overall tax growth. My colleagues have just limited our tax uplift potential and future revenues goodbye.

We lost the ability for over 80% of lots in established areas to redevelop and contribute to supply to help stabilize and drive market prices down.

Development permits drive revenue for the City. My colleagues have just limited our ability to increase our revenue stream.

91 applications representing 600 new homes for Calgarians are no longer permissible, where are these people going to live?

Yes!

We could be in the ground right now, and we’re not.

We have lost momentum, jobs, and budget security.

I asserted in the fall when the province upended this project that the cost would be more.

Is now the time to say I told you so? #yyccc

A reminder, the City’s costed and 60% designed (including tunnel) option from Eau Claire to Shepard was $7.2B

The math: $300M more for the provincial alignment for less length and stations and a much longer timeline to completion.

Upon analysis, the City estimates that nearly $1.3B in costs have not been accounted for. This means the current shorter provincial alignment (5% designed) from 7th to Shepard is $7.5B