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It is interesting that there were also 2 conservatives that did not vote as well as the 2 NDP MPs. If the BQ keeps on making unreasonable demands, they will have no leverage with this minority government and those who voted for them will start to notice how irrelevant they are.

Yes, I wonder if the distance may have been the factor for not having further destinations. However, hopefully this can also be the start for more direct travel options to Europe from here as I would expect they have good connections to some other parts of Europe.

Seems like a good idea and it would be nice if we could also get new tenants like the ones mentioned in the article for the Cornwall Centre.

I understand the capital of Mongolia wasn't always as good as now, so perhaps there is hope for us too. Although it is a national capital, rather than a provincial one with a provincial government quite disinterested in it. Probably good comparisons are similar sized Canadian cities and...

It might have been better if she ran to be councilor downtown rather than for Mayor. She brings up valid concerns and there seems to have been some adjustments made so hopefully the disruption will be not too bad.

I wonder if whoever (US "investors"?) is funding it is doing so not for good business reasons but mainly for political ones. However, I'm not sure many really pay much attention to to it anymore.

This is a very good and interesting idea. It is easy to "avoid downtown like the plague" partly because there is not much unique or compelling for retail around now. I suppose there are some people who have a phobia of downtown, but many more would come downtown if there was more interesting...

Yes, especially if they can fill in more of our excess of empty or parking lots in this area or elsewhere downtown. It is nice to have a variety and not just all high rises looking across at other high rises. Other cities actually also have areas with buildings this size, they are often older...

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I have mixed feelings about this. The $600 a month there may go a long way, allow someone there to support their family and better their lives, but someone in YYC may have trouble finding another or a better job. Some staff in call centres I have dealt with in India or Philippines are fairly...

Yes, this building could be quite attractive if the exterior was fixed up.

Yes and this parking could also be used for those driving and going to whatever is developed at the Power Plant when baseball games are not on.

Their statements in the Journal article also seem a bit misleading to me. The city encouraged them to decide quickly about tearing down the old building here because of the LRT construction schedule, but it did not force the developer to do. There is a difference and this is yet another bad...

I feel this has perhaps become a too convenient trump card argument for those who just really don't want to do anything here, maybe because it is not a priority for them. However, leaving the power plant as is, is not benefiting the community. Given we are talking mainly about redeveloping an...

Generally I feel the park is very nice and I feel a lot of effort has been put into it, but that is not to say it is perfect or it must or will remain exactly as is forever. So unless a law has been passed in Edmonton banning any new fountains in parks ever, nothing to say something can not be...

Well they say they are not going away and perhaps that is true, but between all the parties only three councilors were elected, two have now left and the remaining one may be considering her future. So the parties may continue as along as the province encourages them, but will they remain very...

Well I suppose we still have the theatres in City Centre, but somehow not quite the same. It was too bad nothing grander was developed in Ice District. It is hard to repurpose something like this, but some other cities have managed to keep and restore some of their grand old downtown theatres.

I am ok with some simple well executed new architecture. In a place with gorgeous old architecture something simple and well executed stands out and provides variety. Here not so much if every other building is similar.

Yes, it has been almost 8 years now. If they can't get their act together and even maintain the site better, just sell to someone who actually cares and/or has the resources to do more with it.

Yes, this has also got me thinking that part of what is different between downtown Edmonton and many other places is the relative lack of retail downtown here. People who live downtown may be not be getting items delivered only because of convenience, but because there are few nearby...