A blog by Calgary freelance writer Jeremy Klaszus.

Plan It remains as is — for now

Posted by Jeremy Klaszus in Klaszus Corner

Ald. Joe Connelly's motion to strip Plan It of the concrete "measures being prescribed" in the growth blueprint hit a wall last night. (Full text of his motion is here.)

Mayor Dave Bronconnier told Connelly his motion wouldn't be able to pass as is, since it would conflict with previous motions. Bronco recommended that Connelly refer his motion to administration to join the other 76 Plan It amendments being suggested by council members.

So that's what Connelly did, and that was that. Council dealt with the motion in less than four minutes.

City administration is scheduled to report back to council regarding the amendments by the end of the year.


more in News     |     posted Jul 14th, 2009 at 1:12pm     

Comments: 1

Agent666 wrote:

Pave Bronconcrete has no interest in limiting the City's growth, since his financial backers profit from all the road and 'infrastructure' work that results. Other Aldermen are in the pockets of developers, who want the City to annex even more land for their chipboard houses and looming high-density projects. Union-backed Aldermen, like Bob Hawksworth, pander to their constituents, since more sprawl and growth equalls more hiring of CUPE and ATU members.

There are three ways to tackle urban sprawl. First of all, there has to be serious campaign finance reform. As in Federal politics, corporate and union donations should be banned, and all donations capped at around $1000.00. Secondly, there has to be a FEDERAL greenspace and farmland preservation policy, with a total freeze on greenfield development, or conversion of farmland for non-agricultural uses. Finally, we have to quit thinking of infinite growth (e.g., Calgary having a 2M population) as an inevitability, and impose a hard cap on Canada's population. Continued growth of our population is neither sustainable, nor inevitable.

on Jul 16th, 2009 at 12:36pm Report Abuse


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