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Municipal Politics
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policyenthusiast
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I wonder what would happen if Council amended the zoning bylaw to be more lax regarding setbacks for garages. Mandated parking spots or not, developers want to have the option to provide parking, especially with alley access.
TAS
Senior Member
Cartmell and Jaffer announce they both want all city workers back in office full-time.
The two campaigns seem really close in policy.
If elected, I wonder if they will order everyone back 5 days a week almost immediately or if they will wait until the bridge projects and LRT/Jasper Ave projects are complete - otherwise they are just adding to the massive traffic congestion and commute times and inefficency.
The two campaigns seem really close in policy.
If elected, I wonder if they will order everyone back 5 days a week almost immediately or if they will wait until the bridge projects and LRT/Jasper Ave projects are complete - otherwise they are just adding to the massive traffic congestion and commute times and inefficency.
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TAS
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Edmonton mayor candidates at odds on return-to-work mandates for city employees | Watch News Videos Online
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Knack notes that Cartmell/Jaffer's back to office policy can't happen due to contract signed with workers.
So how is back to office policy going to work?
Friendmonton
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More and more, Knack is the only one who is realistic. The rest of the field is just such amateur hour.
kcantor
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policyenthusiast
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I was going to ask the same question. Administration does not report to council, and the remote work mandate was ratified by the union.Edmonton mayor candidates at odds on return-to-work mandates for city employees | Watch News Videos Online
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Knack notes that Cartmell/Jaffer's back to office policy can't happen due to contract signed with workers.
So how is back to office policy going to work?
We're getting to the stage in the election where people are just saying whatever they think sounds good, regardless of the facts.
ntt1
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Unfortunately, that might not matter to a lot of potential voters.
TAS
Senior Member
Seriously I don't think there are any city employees that don't have to come into the office at least a couple of days a week - certainly the higher ups do. And many city employees - transit drivers, parks and maintenance are on the road much of the day.
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fjordgard
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Ministry of Podcasts: Episode 2
Podcast Episode · The Strategists · 2025-09-19 · 51m
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In the last 2-3 minutes of this podcast, Stephen Carter, who is managing the Tim Cartmell/Better Edmonton campaign, appears to refer to the whole campaign as a tire fire. You love to see it.
TAS
Senior Member
I know in Finland - where some reps from Oulu came here for the winter bike conference in 2024 - they put in practice such a plan. Maintenance crews that were contracted to do snow removal on their extensive bike network, as one example, were required to also ride those paths as the public would and report on it based on some key accessibility factors. It provided a high level of quality control.
TAS
Senior Member
Ministry of Podcasts: Episode 2
Podcast Episode · The Strategists · 2025-09-19 · 51m
In the last 2-3 minutes of this podcast, Stephen Carter, who is managing the Tim Cartmell/Better Edmonton campaign, appears to refer to the whole campaign as a tire fire. You love to see it.
Listened to that - thanks. Not sure how to take that. Carter is pretty candid usually.
He's had a lot of success running campaigns, too, including Nenshi and Gondek as mayors.
fromyeg
Active Member
Looking forward to Jaffer spending millions on turnstiles and then making transit free so we won’t need the turnstiles.
trevorhayden
Active Member
Knack must be very happy that all the other candidates are completely unqualified to be Mayor.
David A
Senior Member
It is really nice to see some policy discussion. The candidates each seem to have some different ideas in trying to respond to various public concerns, after several years of civic government not being that responsive. Aren't elections a great thing for getting politicians to pay some attention to public concerns?
Of course, some of this new policy is unrealistic and even counter productive, but lets not forget we have also had some of that over the last few years too. I suppose it will be up to their opponents and others to point out their shortcomings and the voters to evaluate what they feel is best overall.
Of course, some of this new policy is unrealistic and even counter productive, but lets not forget we have also had some of that over the last few years too. I suppose it will be up to their opponents and others to point out their shortcomings and the voters to evaluate what they feel is best overall.