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[YYC Golfer @BlitzYYC]

@JeromyYYC Pathetic Mr Mayor. Policy changes for 225 complaints without Council direction and impacting an event - a 10 day “inconvenience” that brings in hopefully 1 Million visitors (with $$) to our City. More tail wagging the dog…

[Shane Wenzel @ShaneWenzel]

115 million litres. 💧
Lost. Every single day. Through leaks in pipes the City already owns.

42 billion litres a year. Enough water for 260,000 households.

Council's response? Permanent restrictions on you.

The homeowner who installed low-flush toilets a decade ago gets the same rules as everyone else.

The reward for efficiency is more restrictions.

In Ward 14, 88% opposed the plan. 90% want the leaks fixed first. 92% said engagement was inadequate before the vote.

We elected a council. Not an administration that rules over us.

Fix the pipes. Reward efficiency. Restore accountability.

💻 My full opinion column is live this month in The Western Standard. Read it at https://t.co/xEkADSUuVL.

Take care,
Shane

#yyc #Calgary #yycCC #yycpoli

[Landon Johnston @Landonforward14]

I want to thank the almost 850 people who responded to our survey on the proposed water restrictions. Myself and Councillor Mike Jamieson ran similar surveys for each of our Wards, and below is a summary of what our Ward 14 survey returned.

- There is overwhelming opposition to the Water Efficiency Plan as currently proposed, with 88% of respondents indicating they oppose it and only 3% supporting it as written. Similarly, 85% believe the plan's estimated $354–$420 million cost is not a justifiable use of taxpayer dollars.
- The vast majority (90%) believe the City should fix its leaking infrastructure before imposing new water restrictions, and 87% do not support a permanent mandatory watering schedule. Additionally, 92% oppose granting the City authority to disconnect household water for schedule violations, and 85% do not support tiered water rates.
- Most respondents (87%) prefer education and voluntary conservation over mandatory restrictions with enforcement. There is also strong sentiment (92%) that the City did not conduct adequate public engagement before bringing the plan to Council.

Your feedback has been invaluable to ensuring our office represents you the best that we can. I remain committed to listening to the concerns and feedback of our residents and will not be supporting these measures.

[Landon Johnston @Landonforward14]

Watering restrictions are coming after council’s 10-5 vote in favour of the bylaw. This is just punishing taxpayers for bad governance. Talked to plenty of Calgarians, they don’t want it. This will be our council’s bag bylaw.

[Rob Ward @RobWardCGY]

Today I voted against Calgary’s proposed Water Efficiency Plan.

Let me be clear: I support responsible water use, protecting our rivers, and investing in long-term infrastructure resilience. But I could not support a plan that asks residents to permanently change their behaviour before City Hall fully addresses its own system failures.

Right now, Calgary is losing approximately 115 million litres of treated water every single day through leaks in the system — roughly 42 billion litres per year. Based on the City’s own residential consumption figures, that is equivalent to the annual water use of more than 260,000 Calgary households.

Fixing leaks and aging infrastructure must be the top priority.

The City’s own advisory group acknowledged that Calgary’s water system remains in a precarious position until critical feedermain upgrades are completed, and that leak detection, repair, monitoring, and preventative upgrades need to be prioritized.

I also remain concerned about:
• vague timelines and unclear performance targets for reducing water loss,
• a history of approved infrastructure projects being delayed or rolled forward year after year,
• the fairness and practicality of proposed tiered water rates,
• and the possibility that permanent restrictions on residents become normalized while the City continues to struggle with core infrastructure delivery.

Calgarians stepped up during the water main crisis. People conserved water when it truly mattered, and I believe voluntary conservation during emergencies makes sense. But permanent behavioural restrictions and additional costs on residents should not come before measurable accountability from the City on fixing the infrastructure it already owns.

My position is simple:
Get the basics right first.
Fix the leaks.
Repair and replace aging infrastructure.
Improve accountability and transparency.
Then evaluate what additional measures are truly necessary.

That is why I voted no today.

[Danielle Smith @ABDanielleSmith]

Yesterday, the White House approved the advancement of multiple pipeline projects carrying Alberta oil to the United States.

Expanding pipeline capacity to the U.S. is something I’ve been advocating from this U.S. Administration since their last election. It has paid off!

This is great news for Alberta and Canada. It has the potential to unlock hundreds of billions in energy investment for our province and country.

We hope the federal government moves this fast when it comes to our pipeline project submission in June. Let’s get these pipelines built!

Read the full U.S. decision here: https://t.co/NXoUrum7Gb

[Dan McLean @DanWMcLean]

Maybe the City should have been spending Millions and Millions of your Tax Dollars on Water Infrastructure instead of more and more BIKE LANES?

Most residents don’t even want them⬇️

[YYC Golfer @BlitzYYC]

@kim_tyers @tony_imbrogno Great work!! And thank you for listening to the vast majority of Calgarians - Ward 1 included!!

[KybrdWrrr @KybrdWrrr]

A reminder to #yyccc:

You were not elected to implement your own agendas and desires. You were elected to represent Calgarians.

Do the right thing and repeal blanket upzoning - NO amendments.

[YYC Golfer @BlitzYYC]

@Landonforward14 @cognitivecurio No amendments. Full repeal!!

[YYC Golfer @BlitzYYC]

@DanWMcLean @cognitivecurio 100%. Full repeal no amendments.

[Dan McLean @DanWMcLean]

So far, after many hours of hearing from the public,
I think most Calgarians want Council to approve the recommendations to Repeal Blanket Rezoning without adding a series of last-minute amendments on the fly?

The current recommendations would return single-family homes to their default zoning as they were prior to blanket rezoning. Any proposal for gentle density on corner lots would once again have to come before Council and a public hearing, the way it always has in the past.

[YYC Golfer @BlitzYYC]

@Landonforward14 Thank you! And let’s hope Council votes accordingly and doesn’t try making sausage via amendments. Get the full repeal done!! Keep up the great work!!

[Landon Johnston @Landonforward14]

In favour of repealing: 3,623 (79.0%)
Opposed: 966 (21.1%)
Neutral: 119 (2.6%)

Rough tally from ~4,588 submissions & speakers received so far:

[monika @monikafurtado]

For someone who has pontificated for hours on this subject, it is disheartening for him to get so much more time than residents.

[monika @monikafurtado]

@RobWardCGY I specifically spoke to someone that had marked 'against' as they thought it was against blanket rezoning. The wording is a double take as support means to be against blanket rezoning. I do hope the responses are double checked for the checkbox vs text before stats are finalized.

[monika @monikafurtado]

Calgary released the city priorities. Yesterday I read the vagueness of the wording. Today I realize the vagueness reads like the housing policy changes. Positive vague statements followed by very specific mass changes that are hidden underneath. https://t.co/5Io36GzgcR

[Martyupnorth®- Unacceptable Fact Checker @Martyupnorth]

We don't need it. After we vote to separate and negotiate our share of the debt and other considerations, we're gone.

The remaining 9 provinces and 3 territories that make up Canada will have to amend their constitution to delete the word Alberta, and re-adjust the distributions of seats in the two chambers (and other matter), but we won't care.

We'll be free.

Once we're gone, you losers from Ontario will have to take over the burden of supporting Quebec and the Maritimes.

[Great Northern Discussions @greatnorthernds]

🚨SONYA SHARP CALLED IT AGAIN-YYC

Nenshi knew prior. This is Sonya Sharp’s “Told Ya So” Moment.

The **City of Calgary has temporarily banned digging and major underground work near the Bearspaw South Feeder Main, a key water pipeline that has failed multiple times in recent years. Excavation within 10 metres of the pipe is not allowed, and some types of utility work near the line are only being approved with restrictions. Activities that cause strong ground vibration, like pile driving, are also being discouraged

@SonyaSharpYYC called for this pause BEFORE the 2 water breaks Calgary just had!!

As you can see in the video-she was laughed at by former Councillor Kourtney Penner, and also voted down by council, further endangering infrastructure and for more potential breaks, which has since happened.

@nenshi was in office from 2010 to 2021. He knew. Since 2018 Senior Admin had been joking about the failing infrastructure using the hashtag #pipes2026