[MacLac]

For Ol' Smitty - it's either pull the funding or FIRE all of the elected officials - put her homey's in place akin AIMCO recently and re-instate the funding. Wait, she can't fire elected officials - but she sure would like to!

 

[CplKlinger]

Wait, she can't fire elected officials - but she sure would like to!

Well...

 

[Gronk!]

Sohi reflects on housing emergency declaration, downtown investment

In a year-end interview with Taproot, Mayor Amarjeet Sohi said council's declaration of a housing and houselessness emergency in January led to real change, despite provincial criticism at the time that it was performative.

edmonton.taproot.news

Support for EMRB​

The mayor said he and council are committed to the Edmonton Metropolitan Region Board in the wake of the United Conservative Party government’s decision to cut the board’s funding and make membership voluntary.

“We’re going to do whatever we can in our capacity to save the good work and carry on the good work,” Sohi said.

The EMRB is a provincially mandated board that is responsible for managing responsible growth in the region. The board sets density targets for all municipalities and approves planning documents like Edmonton’s district policy.

“The growth plan dictates how the region grows. Otherwise, it’s going to be a free-for-all,” Sohi said. “You’ll see country residential developments popping up in counties without proper services, or you’ll see agricultural land not being protected. So the ramifications are pretty bad if the EMRB is unable to carry on their work.”

The EMRB also created a 25-year regional transportation master plan and a regional agriculture plan, which Sohi said is ambitious.