![]() ![]() When we want to, we know how to make shift happen. That starts with handshakes, meetings, greetings, and our culture of talk - what we say, how we say it and how we call out bad jokes and racist commentary. No act of Parliament is required to treat our fellow Canadians better. Every Canadian can change their thinking and take some deliberate action. This is not a problem we should wait idly by for some level of government to solve, because history has proved how poorly and slowly they change attitudes, policies and procedures. ![]() ![]() Important as that work is, and as game-changing for so many Indigenous Canadians who those measures are meant to benefit, the more important thing, in my view, is changing our thinking, our words and delivering actions consistent with those words for all Canadians. It’s what it represents for our country as we move beyond ticking boxes on a list of recommendations from a report. It’s not about what it represents for any one individual. It’s more than orange shirts and a national holiday. They took control from peoples who never sought or had a concept of ownership or control, peoples who didn’t know the motives or culture of the Europeans. The Europeans took Canada over - they took it to own it, by power and deception. Kolke: What is the truth and where is the reconciliation? Steve Howes, Calgary Women have been getting ‘down and dirty’ for decades Re: Trades incentives must be equal, Letter, Sept. If council cannot curb its seemingly uncontrollable urge to increase fees and taxes, I hope that these same politicians find themselves to be single-use (one-term) councillors. Please stop nickel and diming us to economic death. Now they wish to include single-use items that aren’t plastic. ![]() David Barrett, Calgary Minimum 15 cents per paper or compostable bag and $1 per reusable bag! What’s next on the petty agenda of council? Nickel and diming Inflation is heading to a 20- to 30-year high and our city council wants to increase fees for pretty much everything they can imagine. Options that the market is ultimately ‘driving’. By providing a new land use district, the city is working to encourage a range of housing options for Calgarians, young and old. This same demographic is the one that overwhelmingly (68 per cent) is “likely to buy a home in the next 10 years.” While the city continues to face an exodus of young adults, we need to start looking at how our city evolves and grows in response to citizens’ needs and wants. When looking at the most recent attitudes and outlook survey, only 51 per cent of young adults report driving as their main mode of transportation, with 32 per cent using public transit. Additionally, the suggestion that the introduction of the H-GO land use district will result in “blanked density” is patently false, at best, and intentionally misleading at worst. Land use bylaw allows housing options better suited for the future Re: City quietly trying to do away with parking in area planning?, Opinion, Sept 23 The view that our land use bylaw should be used to place the automobile above all else is dated and perpetuates an antiquated view of our city.
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