[Gronk!]

I see no mention of advocating for bail reform and harsher criminal sentencing

To be fair, that should belong under his Plan For A Safer Edmonton, not his Economic Development platform.

 

[thommyjo]

All very fluffy what is not to like. Some are very ambitious goals which are going to be very difficult to achieve. For instance:

• Establish a Mayor’s Advisory Panel on Investment & Growth to coordinate efforts to land 10 new major employers in Edmonton by 2029, through the establishment of a competitive industrial and commercial attractions package that targets growth sectors like logistics, health, clean energy, and AI/technology companies;

Does he have any particular companies in mind because it takes time to initiate negotiations so the first year is a right off then 3 new companies a year for 3 years. It would be nice to see but I have my doubts.

I’d rather see ambitious ideas that will be hard to achieve vs no idea on how to grow our major employers. The latter suggests a lack of recognition of its importance. Likely the greatest failure of our last council was this area. And neither incumbent seems too driven to change it

 

[David A]

We elected several past mayors and councils to revitalize and grow the city, especially the downtown core. Some had more success that others, but it really seems to have fallen of the radar for the current bunch so here we are now trying to refocus on it, well at least some of the candidates who are not incumbents.

 

[policyenthusiast]

Felt like updating my guesses at the election outcome.

Mayor: Knack
Nakota Isga: Reed Clarke
tastawiyiniwak: Karen Principe (shockingly)
Dene: Aaron Paquette
O-day'min: Stephen Hammerschmidt (due to radio silence from Pye)
Metis: Caroline Matthews (capitalizing on outrage in the ward)
sipiwiyiniwak: Thu Parmar
papastew: Michael Janz
pihêsiwin: Michael Elliott
Ipiihkoohkanipiaohtsi: Jon Morgan
Karhiio: Keren Tang
Sspomitapi: Harman Kandola (no clear lead in this ward)
Anirniq: Jesse Watson

And in a newly created "God-Emperor of Edmonton" role, Ron Billingsley Jr.

https://troypavlek.ca/yegvote-2025/whos-running

 

[TAS]

Felt like updating my guesses at the election outcome.

Mayor: Knack
Nakota Isga: Reed Clarke
tastawiyiniwak: Karen Principe (shockingly)
Dene: Aaron Paquette
O-day'min: Stephen Hammerschmidt (due to radio silence from Pye)
Metis: Caroline Matthews (capitalizing on outrage in the ward)
sipiwiyiniwak: Thu Parmar
papastew: Michael Janz
pihêsiwin: Michael Elliott
Ipiihkoohkanipiaohtsi: Jon Morgan
Karhiio: Keren Tang
Sspomitapi: Harman Kandola (no clear lead in this ward)
Anirniq: Jesse Watson

And in a newly created "God-Emperor of Edmonton" role, Ron Billingsley Jr.

https://troypavlek.ca/yegvote-2025/whos-running

Mandel also endorsed Reed Clarke - although it was prior to Reed joining Cartmell's Better Edmonton Party.

 

[constance_chlore]

How are O-day'min folks feeling? I'm prepared to vote strategically between Stevenson and Pye, but that doesn't mean much if we don't know who the strategic pick is. Neither seems to be trying very hard.

Unfortunately, I don't think signage is a good indicator of anything because all the right-wing candidates are following the federal Conservative playbook of just putting tons of signs up everywhere. That didn't end up working for whoever the (completely forgettable) Edmonton-Centre candidate was, and I don't know that it'll work much better now.