Media Release: CitiesMatter.ca launches today
Website to make city issues top-of-mind for provincial leadership candidates
Today (September 8, 2011), Mayor Naheed Nenshi launches a new website to encourage more discussion about the topics that matter in our cities—and Calgary in particular. CitiesMatter.ca goes live today with responses from Progressive Conservative leadership candidates to 11 questions asked by Mayor Nenshi in a survey sent to all candidates.
"Strong cities require thoughtful vision and action from all levels of government," said Mayor Nenshi. "I’ve started this site because we need to dramatically raise the quality and content of dialogue about the future of our cities and Calgary in particular."
CitiesMatter.ca is the result of Calgary City Council’s commitment to "advocate aggressively for a new relationship between the city and the province" as part of Council’s Fiscal Plan for Calgary. Over time, the site will become a single source for information about what provincial political candidates and parties are saying about cities. As of today’s launch, the site currently publishes the questions posed to all Progressive Conservative leadership candidates and the answers received.
"I’m disappointed with the lack of discussion about city issues during this recent leadership campaign," said Mayor Nenshi. "With so many Albertans living in cities, it’s important to know where the next Premier stands on the issues that affect us every day."
"Calgarians need the strong support of our provincial government so that we can make our city even better. I hope Calgarians, whether they intend to vote in this leadership race or not, will hold their provincial politicians accountable on these issues," said Mayor Nenshi.
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- Daorcey from Mayor Nenshi's team
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