- Gord believes that with a reasoned and
considered approach Calgary can maintain the levels and
standards of services now enjoyed.
- Transportation and Transit issues continue
to be seen as the number one priority by most residents in Ward
2, and by Calgarians generally. To continue to build the roads,
and transit facilities needed long term, sustainable sources of
funding must be secured – not unlike the fuel tax rebate
agreement negotiated with the Province of Alberta. When, as in
the case of the Alberta Fuel Tax Rebate, a funding agreement is
reached, the use of these funds must be targeted and not placed
into general revenues. This is the only way Council can be
responsible and accountable to both Calgarians and other
parties to these agreements.
- Property Tax increases should be kept to
the minimum required to maintain front line services in a
growing city. A Council directed, multi-year budget and
planning process with significant opportunity for public input
is absolutely necessary to meet the challenges of growth,
sustainability and quality of life in Calgary.
- Continued growth is imperative to Calgary,
but growth must be managed to ensure its impact is considerate
in human and environmental terms, and that the city remains an
affordable, desirable place in which to live, work and play.
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