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I’m running for Mark Carney's Liberals in Calgary-Confederation.

I live here, work here, raise my kids here. I want to offer representation that understands the economy and the public interest and be an Alberta voice standing up for Canada at a challenging time. 🧵(1/X)

While I'm a big supporter of voting strategically in progressive ridings... the NDP are not the choice in Confed. The Liberal numbers will only improve once the candidate is announced tomorrow too.

Patrons of new downtown arena will help pay CSEC's obligations | CBC News People buying tickets for events at Calgary's new downtown arena will be the ones covering a significant portion of the project's cost.

"The narrative could have been explained a little bit better. The communication on it could have been better," said Sharp.

- Mayoral Candidate Sharp criticizing Committee Chair Sharp for failing to do the most basic task expected of elected officials. #yyccc #UCP

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Watched Sonya Sharp's launch video.

1) Not a single word about housing
2) No mention of an arena
3) What's her favourite business?

I guess it would be wrong to ask her about those things?

#yyccc #UCP

Good words. Tell me more. How? When? Where?

#cdnpoli #ableg #yyccc

Good riddance!

#topoli #onpoli

Here’s to better outcomes! It will be behind you! 💯👏

Calgary Realtors, 2024: Blanket rezoning will hurt property values.

Calgary Realtors, 2025: If we had cheaper homes we'd sell more.

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Councillor Sharp's year-end newsletter.

How many homes did she help build this year? According to her, not one.

Good to know.

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BREAKING: Detailed provincial LRT costs located in AECOM report!

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Scanning the AECOM report, including a bunch of redacted pages.

Of note: The junk alignment intially pushed by Devin and the self-appointed committee of so-called experts (remember them?) was eliminated real quick.

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Non-market housing across a range of needs and incomes should be built anywhere, everywhere, all at once.

Every community throughout Calgary.

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City of Calgary responsible for Green Line cost overruns and legal risk, province says | CBC News After reviving the proposed Green Line LRT project and pitching its own design, Alberta's transportation minister is adamant the transit line is still the responsibility of the city, which would be on...

“If Calgary council votes no to the Green Line, then it would be this Calgary council that voted no on the Green Line," [Dreeshen] said.

Province’s goal? Kill a train downtown with a horrible plan & pin the blame on Calgary council.

#yyccc #ableg

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How exciting that The Province of Alberta's magical green train fantasy is now a national story!

Candidly I find it a little long and wonder why it needs more than one part, but 🤷‍♂️

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💸🧙‍♀️🚂

#cdnpoli #ableg #yyccc

City says province's Green Line project doesn't account for $1.3 billion - LiveWire Calgary Calgary city councillors emerged from an hours-long discussion on Calgary’s Green Line with an evaluation that shows they believe there’s $1.3 billion not included in the province’s work. Behind…

City of Calgary says there's $1.3 billion not accounted for in the provincial consultant's report on the Green Line. #yyc #yyccc #calgary

Province: Your estimates are too high. We’ll tell you where to build and how. It’ll cost less

City: We’ve been at this for years. Show us your work?

Province: (2.5 months later) Here. But don’t share. Say yes or we’re out. Cost overruns are yours

City: 😳 Thanks…?

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Agree or disagree with Cllr Penner, she makes excellent points here!

At this point does anyone really think the province wants ANY train serving downtown Calgary??

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Watched #yyccc questions before going in-camera to talk Green Line. It's clear #abgov has put Calgary in an untenable situation.

Estimates are very early
No engagement
No indemnity from property owners
Little time to meet Fed $$ deadlines.

Province's actions will kill it. Calgarians lose.

#ableg

"The gang opposes affordable housing"

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How will the UCP’s plan to build an elevated green line down 2 St SW work with the parkade and all these +15 walkways?

They’ll all need to come out 🤷‍♂️
#Calgary #GreenLine

Public records shouldn’t require a decoder ring. Calgary's municipal election finances transformed from scattered PDFs into a searchable database, making civic information more accessible. #yyc #yyccc #opendata

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Communities First, explained:

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Mayor confirms the province's report from AECOM was delivered to the city Friday Dec 13 at 10pm (!),🤪even though the report was completed Dec 2 (!!!) 🤡

Meanwhile they've shared about this much 👇 with the public. (Props to @sarahbyyc.bsky.social)

What partnership! What consultation!🤦
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A couple weeks ago, fake renderings of a development proposal in Calgary were countered with renderings from the applicant.👇

Today, imaginations run wild about what an elevated LRT downtown could look like - because the province won't share any details of their "plan".

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I wonder if "Communities First" councillors Sonya Sharp, Andre Chabot, Dan McLean, Terry Wong, and Sean Chu think these residents and business owners should be heard??

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Residents, businesses along 10th Avenue say Green Line could be good but need more details Those affected by the Green Line's new path in the Beltline say it could be potentially good but also worry about construction impacts.

“It would be nice if they came and talked to us,” John Batas, owner of Michael’s Pizza Restaurant and Delivery. “At least get our input too. Because we’re the ones on the ground affected.” 😬

❌No cost certainty
❌No detailed design
❌No consultation

calgaryherald.com/news/local-n...

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If I understand correctly, the province's idea for a train through downtown Calgary is inspired by this:

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