I don't think he would resign as an MP, especially as a Federal election is coming up fairly soon anyways but his remaining is cabinet is certainly becoming an ongoing political liability.

I have mixed feelings about this. I would like to see more retail in the area and along Jasper Ave, but there is a fair amount of retail space that has already been added in other residential buildings built in recent years. Having too much empty retail space in the area or not having needed...

I was wondering about that for a long time too. It is quite nice and looks like it may have been intended to be a station, but of course it is fairly close to the MacEwan station so maybe that was never the intention.

I feel that is the case for some other professions too. It is often the downside of the government environment, better job security and benefits, but it is a more politically influenced and cautious environment. Unfortunately, the top leadership doesn't care much about what is best for the...

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/calls-mount-for-randy-boissonnault-to-resign

Of course, in any city there will be many commuters. I used to work in an office downtown with someone who commuted to work daily from an acreage outside of the city. However, there is percentage of people who do want to be closer to work, so by increasing the jobs downtown that can increase...

One of my pet peeves, as I cross here daily. This sort of crossing is really for an area with more activity. I feel it ends up pedestrians have to wait longer with the three cycle set up.

I like what has been done with the grounds, but I agree it would be nice to turn have something added so it could be used in more seasons.

I agree, there seems to be a very defeatist attitude here to attracting businesses, which I feel has turned into a self fulfilling situation. I have seen over the years, some half hearted efforts made and then given up. We have to be smart about the size of businesses targeted, I don't think...

The downtown here has a number of government workers, but overall the city has also strong private sector, probably more so than many of other provincial capital cities. Unfortunately for Edmonton, government employment here is not really growing much, at best it is stable. Likewise with the...

Although students in these educational institutions may live downtown or elsewhere in Edmonton, NAIT itself is in close proximity to a large mall outside the downtown core. Likewise, Southgate Mall is fairly accessible from the U of A, so I expect many U of A students would go there. So I...

Yes, I agree this is one positive thing, but unfortunately students don't have quite the same economic impact of more well paid corporate employees living nearby. Perhaps that is why we still have a few things like Winners and Dollarama downtown, but places like Holts have left. In general...

I went to Toronto recently and there were things I liked about it and some I did not, but overall it works well. Eaton Centre is an example of a vibrant downtown mall and there is plenty of other retail too. And its not just Toronto, but similarly in Vancouver and Calgary too. Edmonton has to...

Languishing oil prices will put an end to any desire to increase production greatly now, except for those who want to repeat the financial disaster of past over expansion. But I think those ones are mostly out of business and their assets have been taken over by companies that are more sensible.

This is because we keep on trying to address the symptoms and not the fundamental problems. Downtown needs to be more desirable to attract people. That means more good paying corporate office jobs nearby downtown, more retail and not a half empty mall, safe streets, not a dumping ground for...

So that is 13 US and International destinations now from here for Westjet, which seems fairly decent. I wonder is that a record for Westjet? And a very interesting comment about where the planes for the additional service came from in the Investing in Edmonton section. I don't believe the...

Of course US politics involves a ridiculous amount of fundraising and spending so that sounds like a lot, but when you consider the $1.09 billion Trump raised that is not that a big amount of the total. And for all the Democrats talk years ago, there hasn't been that much constraint on the US...

Chicago is the third largest city in the US, similar in size to TO and a major business and economic centre for the mid west US, so I will take the win too. NYC would be great too if that happens. Wouldn't it be nice if in the future we could have both?

Of course not everyone's taxes will go up by 8.1%, some will be 7% and others 9%. But I doubt the ones with the 7% increase will be that much more cheerful about it.

All real estate is local, so you have to understand what you are getting into to succeed, not just be some over eager developer from far away who thinks they are smart and has some money, but really doesn't have a clue. Of course the seller of the property may indulge their fantasies, so they...