There has been no clearly articulated rationale to completely redo The Municipal Development Plan. The Calgary Plan is full of meaningless words and missing fundamental principles. #yyccc

I’m interested to know why city chose to install “speed cushions” on 50kph roads & who specifically is the functionally retarded bureaucrat who didn’t consider what hitting one at 50kph at night will do to vehicles. They aren’t school zones 24/7 #yyccc calgary.ca/roads/safety/spee…

IS THE CALGARY PLAN BLANKET REZONING 2.0? The Calgary Plan sets density MINIMUMS of 150 people and jobs per hectare in High Activity zones and 100 in Moderate Activity zones with no maximums. That is higher than the density of beltline. Every area within 600m of a transit station or other major activity area and 400m of a frequent bus route falls under these targets.  I asked them to explain the difference. They say this high level plan is not a rezone. That's technically true, but all zoning decisions must be consistent with the direction set in the plan. The plan trumps any planning document that conflicts with it, including LAPs developed with community input. What do you think? Full plan: pub-calgary.escribemeetings.… #yycpoli #yyccc #yyc #calgary

Today I brought forward an amendment to stop work on the proposed Calgary Plan and instead focus on targeted improvements to Calgary’s existing Municipal Development Plan. Unfortunately, the amendment did not pass. One of my biggest concerns with the Calgary Plan is how much of Ward 11 is identified for future intensification. The Calgary Plan states that the highest densities of housing, employment, shops and services should be located within 400 metres of the Primary Transit Network. I created the first map to show what that looks like in Ward 11. I also created a second map showing areas within 600 metres of LRT and BRT stations, which the Calgary Plan identifies as High Activity Areas. These areas are intended to accommodate higher housing and employment densities and more intensive development. The results are striking. Under either scenario, a substantial portion of Ward 11 is captured by policies directing higher intensity development and growth. Many residents have told me these maps look very similar to the citywide approach to densification that Council recently spent months debating. To be clear, growth is important. Housing is important. Transit-oriented development can make sense in the right locations. But residents deserve transparency about what these policies mean and how they may influence future planning decisions in their communities. That is why I attempted to stop the Calgary Plan today and instead direct Administration to identify specific issues with the existing Municipal Development Plan and bring forward targeted amendments where necessary. I remain concerned that the Calgary Plan establishes broad citywide intensification expectations without clearly explaining the long-term implications for established neighbourhoods. Take a look at the maps and let me know what you think. Do these maps reflect the future you want for Ward 11?

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Hey @DanWilliamsAB @ABDanielleSmith Why is the Calgary going ahead with implementing recommendations of the City's review panel for Bearspaw before your investigation is complete? Have you abandoned Calgarians to the clowns who messed things up in the first place? #yyccc #yyc

If you don’t question current city leadership and pull them out of power next election for this, then Calgary can’t be helped…good lord what a joke Calgary continues to be

Councillor Ward's excellent amendment, seconded by Councillor Johnston which directed administration NOT to proceed with further development of the draft Calgary Plan & directed administration to identify specific deficiencies in the current Municipal Development Plan & Calgary Transportation Plan and return to council no later than Q2 2027 with targeted amendments to those plans including associated costs estimates, implementation requirements and infrastructure implications, lost 5-10. #yyccc

Today I proposed ending work on the Calgary Plan and instead focusing on targeted updates to Calgary’s existing Municipal Development Plan. The amendment did not pass. My position is simple: before replacing one of the City’s most important planning documents, Administration should clearly demonstrate what is broken and why targeted amendments are not sufficient. I remain concerned that the Calgary Plan contains broad citywide intensification policies that many Calgarians will see as a return to planning approaches Council recently spent months debating. I’ll continue advocating for planning policies that prioritize infrastructure, local communities and common sense. The conversation isn’t over.

When you have an administration like the city of Calgary, they don’t even pretend to do what the voters want. We work so hard to elect the councillor we want, and it’s a complete waste of time. Change the administration or lose the war!

The plan's language: 🔹 ALL areas "must accommodate growth and change" the same growth-everywhere logic you rejected 🔹 A minimum density FLOOR even in our lowest-intensity neighbourhoods (25 units/hectare) 🔹 Density targets "are not maximums" 🔹 It removes the current plan's neighbourhood-character protections entirely 🔹 It commits to putting HALF of all new housing into existing communities ; a hard citywide target we've never had 🔹 "Main street" and "existing density" can trigger max density, even with NO transit nearby 🔹 The Calgary Plan would OVERRIDE local area plans where they conflict; so even community-led plans can be subordinate to citywide density direction 🔹 The zoning bylaw that actually grants permissions is being written to come AFTER this is locked in 🔹Treaty 7 and Métis Nation engagement built into the area structure plan process 🔹Scattered "the City may work with Indigenous peoples" policies across housing, water, land, parks, heritage, public art, and mobility

Best part... Michael Thompson was appointed to his "new" role by David Duckworth currently awaiting his golden parachute for his previous "service". What a joke! Not ONE person held to account!? #Farkas #YYCCC #Calgary #YYC #abpoli #alberta #UCP #corruption #water #infrastructure

Thanks @WestJet! Hopefully not only good for your bottom line but also the kind of initiative that will help transform Calgary into the global hub it deserves to be and bring us more tourism dollars in the meantime!

Opposition Leader @PierrePoilievre says Alberta separatists share “legitimate grievances” and cautions critics from being snide or dismissive. blacklocks.ca/says-dont-need… #cdnpoli #abpoli

HHBH CA June Let's Talk: The Value of Casual Connections Granovetter, M. (1973). The strength of weak ties. American Journal of Sociology, 78(6), 1360 – 1380. cse.wustl.edu/~m.neumann/fl2…

'You can’t build a house if you can’t flush the toilet' — The hidden housing bottleneck that's lurking beneath cities across Canada financialpost.com/real-estat…

Spot on @tony_imbrogno! (Although my experience with the 12 Ave SW bike lane is contrary to yours in that I also find it less convenient, effective, and safe than simply taking my lane on that street used to be.) #yycCANdoBETTER

🔎 NEED TO IDENTIFY 🔍 We are asking for the public’s help to identify several suspects believed to be involved in an assault with a weapon at the Lions Park LRT Station yesterday afternoon. 📍 At about 5:52 p.m. on Thursday, June 4, 2026, a man at the Sunnyside LRT Station saw a woman who appeared to be suffering from multiple injuries & called 911. The woman was transported to hospital with serious injuries consistent with an assault involving a weapon. As officers investigated, they determined the assault had occurred earlier that day, at about 1:30 p.m., in a grassy area just south of the Lions Park LRT Station platform, located between 14 Avenue & 13 Avenue N.W. Investigators collected CCTV footage from the station. 📣 After reviewing the CCTV footage, we are now asking the public for assistance to help identify 1 man & 4 women believed to be involved. Information? ☎️ CPS: 403-266-1234 🛑 @stopcrimeyyc ⚖ Case #: CA26244857 | 5470 🌐 newsroom.calgary.ca/police-s…

Canada is producing a lot of oil. That is not the scandal. The scandal is that we should be producing, exporting, upgrading, transporting, and profiting from far more, while Ottawa spent a decade treating one of our greatest national assets like an embarrassing skin condition. Under Trudeau, Canada did not lack oil. Canada lacked permission. Carney is continuing this. We had the reserves. We had the workers. We had the engineering. We had global demand. We had allies who would gladly buy from a stable democratic country instead of dictatorships. And what did Ottawa do? It cancelled Northern Gateway. It buried Energy East under regulatory fog. Keystone XL died in the U.S., but Canada’s weak energy posture did not help. Only Trans Mountain finally got finished, late and wildly expensive, after Ottawa turned a private-sector project into a government rescue mission. Reuters notes that in the past decade, several major Canadian pipeline projects were proposed, but only the Trans Mountain expansion was completed. That is not an energy strategy. That is self-sabotage with a briefing binder. Yes, Canadian crude output hit records in 2024. Statistics Canada said crude oil and equivalent production reached a fourth straight annual record, up 4.3% in 2024. The Canada Energy Regulator also reported average crude and equivalent production of 5.13 million barrels per day in 2024, rising again in the first half of 2025. But that actually makes the Liberal failure look worse. Because the industry succeeded despite Ottawa, not because of it. Like a farmer getting a crop off after the government spent ten years throwing rocks in the combine. The real damage was not “zero production.” It was strangled potential: less investment, fewer pipelines, weaker market access, bigger discounts, more uncertainty, and fewer nation-building projects. Statistics Canada reported that oil and gas capital outlays fell 55% from 2014 to 2019, then another 36% in 2020. That is what policy hostility does. Capital does not hold a press conference. It just leaves. And now Carney comes along with the same net-zero priesthood, but with better shoes and central banker vocabulary. He talks about investment, transition, climate finance, and “values,” but the machinery underneath is familiar: regulate, cap, tax, delay, subsidize preferred industries, and pretend prosperity can be spreadsheeted into existence by people who have never had to make payroll in a resource town. Canada should be an energy superpower. Not as a slogan. As a fact. We should be building pipelines to tidewater. We should be expanding LNG. We should be upgrading more oil here. We should be supplying allies. We should be using natural gas, hydro, nuclear, and oil as strategic national strengths. We should stop apologizing for having what the world needs. The Liberal approach is insane: leave Canadian wealth in the ground, import moral lectures from Europe, then wonder why productivity is weak, investment is fleeing, and Canadians feel poorer.

'We're full steam ahead': Calgary-to-Banff passenger rail proponents encouraged by province's plans calgarysun.com/news/0607-pas…