Couldn't disagree more. The better models would be other self invented cities like Denver or Dallas that have supplemented their resource based economies with transportation and logistics, tech and business services. Calgary is what it is due entirely to entrepreneurism. As long as it continues...

American automakers stumbled hugely in the 70s and 80s, losing market share to competitors with more fuel efficient products. Prior to the OPEC embargo, few drivers considered fuel economy. The auto industry also had to deal with new emissions and safety requirements as well as militant unions...

Calgary never had substantial heavy industry. What it did have, left long ago: -munitions plant that is now a strip mall in Douglas Glen - burned down in the 70's -fertilizer plant that is now a storage location off Barlow (remainder of site is solar farm) - closed in 80's -fertilizer plant that...

The only examples I can think of Alberta trespassing on Federal jurisdiction are attending the COP conference and operating trade offices in other countries. Other provinces do far worse: ex. Quebec having input into immigration and attending La Francophonie. Municipalities have no jurisdiction...

It was sold a long time ago: https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2007/08/government-canada-sells-office-buildings-better-use-taxpayers-money.html

When I lived in Washington state, the municipality had a bylaw requiring approval to remove trees. All that did was encourage people to poison trees so that they could obtain the permit. The City of Calgary should focus on sustaining the trees that it plants before planting more. Seems like a...

The retaining wall on the other side of these bushes shows how much grade was raised when Livingston Place went up https://www.google.com/maps/@51.0513749,-114.0665652,3a,75y,15.12h,80.76t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8dQUQNY-ZHJBfWbWFKJ1CQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

Much of Eau Claire was also raised. If you look at some of the parking lots, they are below street level as they were not raised...

At one time, the concept was for the parking lot on the west to be sold for condos. Chumir is also too small to be an effective facility.

Would you be OK with a Province bypassing an incompetent and lying Federal government to say implement its own international border control or immigration system? Municipalities are 100% provincial jurisdiction so the Feds should have zero influence on policy like zoning or a vapid Renters' Bill...

It was a horrible location when it closed in 95 and is an even worse one now. Hospitals changed rapidly to an outpatient model in the 90's, meaning lots more patients, staff and especially vehicles passing through a site. The Holy Cross site is simply too small

Bentall's portfolio is mostly office. The asset bases against which it can borrow is shrinking by billions of dollars

That is probably the best case. Interest rates It would also be facing huge write downs on its commercial office portfolio, so probbaly not in investment mode

If provincial government doesn't wish to participate in a federal program that is clearly provincial jurisdiction, such as child care, the precedent has already been set that the feds must provide equivalent funding to that province. I'd argue that every dollar of government money thrown at...

Interest rates are never going that low again