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14 NOVEMBER 2018 I Call 403-720-0762 for advertising opportunities DOUGLASDALE GLEN I NOVEMBER 2018 1 5 Councillor, Ward 12 MLA Calgary-Hays Councillor, Ward 14 Shane Keating Ric McIver Peter Demong Interim Leader of PC Caucus 255, 11488 24 403-268-1698 www.calgary.ca/ward14 Street SE, Calgary AB T2Z 4C9 [email protected] [email protected] or 403-215-4380 403-215-4383 www.shanekeating.ca [email protected] CUSTOMER SATISFACTION GUARANTEED 403-268-1653 abpcmla.ca/blog-ric-mciver-mla-calgary-hays @CouncillorKeats ricmciver ricmciver www.facebook.com/ Free Estimates 403.256.9282 Hello, Ward 14 column readers! CouncillorKeating I hope everyone is having a wonderful autumn! As a favour to www.jacksonandjacksonlandscaping.ca I hope you got lots of candy for Halloween. The leaves a Calgary Hays constituent, I am reminding dog owners (I love dogs!) to please pick up what your best friend leaves “behind.” are almost gone, and here are some recurring topics November is upon us, and it already feels like winter is here. Cold weather aside, City Hall remains a busy place this au- Thank you. WE SPECIALIZE IN ALL FORMS OF that I want to touch on this month. CONSTRUCTION & LANDSCAPE tumn. A number of the biggest items on the Council agenda Trans Mountain Pipeline INCLUDING SMALLER IN-HOME PROJECTS Residential Speed Limits will reach a resolution this month. Here are a few things to My United Conservative colleagues and I will continue to Well, this is technically not recurring yet… It will be. look forward to this month: push our government to stop acting like a doormat for Justin Trudeau on Trans Mountain. Surrendering on the carbon tax Bathroom & Basement Remodeling Council passed the reduction of the residential speed Olympic Plebiscite and refusing to criticize Ottawa has us falling further and fur- limit, in principle. The end result—and what it will Should Calgary move forward on an Olympic bid or not? Custom Decks & Fences ther behind on the construction of the pipeline. look like in practice—is still very much up for debate. The question is being turned over to Calgarians. The plebi- I will give you the details of this situation at calgary.ca/ scite vote will be on November 13th with advance vote This is important because www.BOEreport.com on Oct 4, 2018 Affordable Custom Landscape Plans ward14newsletter. opportunities on November 6th and 7th. For my part, I am has WTI Crude at 74.66 /bbl, Brent Crude at 84.58 /bbl, and CDN Stamped & Exposed Concrete committed to respecting the outcome of the plebiscite. It Heavy Crude at 33.45 /bbl. Folks, we are getting less than half of Setting the City’s Budget is my hope that this process remains a constructive debate the world price on our biggest export product—which means Retaining Walls I have been mentioning this for several months, but it and that collectively we can move forward with whichever billions of dollars earned in Alberta are not paid to Alberta. The will finally be coming to a conclusion in the last week of pipeline will get us on the world market where those billions decision is rendered. You can find more details on where to BEFORE & AFTER RENOVATION PROJECTS November. The public is invited to attend and provide vote at www.calgary.ca/vote2018. will create thousands of mortgage-paying jobs and the royal- input to Council. Visit calgary.ca/yourservices and click ties will help build schools, hospitals, and roads while helping One Calgary Budget “Give feedback” for more details and visit calgary.ca/ to pay back our debt. In late November Council will deliberate the 2019-2022 ward14newsletter to read my elaboration on the topic. budget. Over the last number of months there have Minimum Wage Hike Mark Your Calendars! - Olympic Plebiscite been numerous events for Calgarians to participate in The NDP raised the minimum wage on October 1, totaling an As you are likely aware, Calgary is exploring a potential this discussion. Council has also had an opportunity to increase of a whopping 47 per cent over the last three years. These rapid changes have contributed to a loss 13,300 jobs Olympic bid. You have probably also heard that a plebi- establish a set of priorities and provide feedback to Ad- across Alberta in the accommodation and food services indus- BEFORE AFTER scite is going to be a major part of the decision-making ministration ahead of the budget discussion. Throughout the deliberations the public will have an opportunity to tries alone. Young people hoping to join the labour market will process. I implore you to cast your vote on November continue to experience great difficulty as the province’s youth address Council and speak to what they feel is important. 13. There is advanced polling on November 6, and 7 too. unemployment rate surpasses 12 per cent. Simply put, these You can keep up to date on the entire budget process at You can find more information at calgary.ca/vote2018. minimum wage hikes are bad for business in Alberta and hurt www.calgary.ca/OneCalgary. For my stance, and a description of what is going on, many of the workers getting a raise but now with fewer hours please visit calgary.ca/ward14newsletter. MAX Rapid Service Launch and in some cases losing their jobs altogether. The inflation MAX is a new rapid transit service that will provide more caused by the minimum wage increase will nullify much of the Green Bin – Seasonal Changes direct and efficient connections for customers. The new increase take home pay for those on the minimum wage. BEFORE AFTER Everyone should now be accustomed to their green service will start on November 19, 2018. The first routes to bins. Based on experiences so far, it definitely makes Scrolls go live will be MAX Purple (17th Avenue SE), MAX Orange Birthday Scrolls are available to constituents celebrating their sense to go to a seasonal approach. Bi-weekly green (North Crosstown), and MAX Teal (South Crosstown). 65+ birthday, in five-year intervals. Anniversary scrolls are cart pick-up will start in November. For more about it, MAX Teal will provide significant benefits to Ward 12 resi- available to constituents celebrating their 25+ Anniversary, in go to calgary.ca/ward14newsletter dents. The service will run from Douglasglen to Westbrook five-year intervals. Don’t forget to visit calgary.ca/ward14newsletter for the Mall with connections to Heritage LRT Station, Rockyview Keeping in Contact full version of this column, and feel free to contact me Hospital, and Mount Royal University. Please continue to stay in touch with me on issues that affect you and your family. As your MLA, I am your voice in the Alber- BEFORE AFTER any time. The best way to do so is by visiting calgary.ca/ A number of local routes have been adjusted with ta Legislature and I am here to help you. If you are looking for contactward14. the launch of the new service. You can find more updated information or have any questions or concerns, please details on the route changes and the MAX service at Free Estimates 403.256.9282 -Councillor Peter Demong contact the Calgary-Hays Constituency Office. I also look for- www.calgarytransit.com/routechanges. www.jacksonandjacksonlandscaping.ca ward to attending your events in the Calgary-Hays area.

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