I am excited to share that I am seeking the role of director on the ABMunis board of directors representing Towns South. I look forward to connecting with my fellow elected officials at the upcoming convention in Red Deer.

I love my role as a town councillor in Canmore. But I also know I can do more and that is why I am seeking the nomination for the NDP for the Banff-Kananaskis riding in the next provincial election.

It has been 100 days since the 2021 municipal election in Canmore and it has been an exciting time as a rookie councillor. Here are some of the highlights!

Solomon ben Judah said: “At the heart of all understanding is realizing what is and what cannot be and the consoling of what is not in our power to change.”

The Bow Valley Chamber of Commerce asked candidates in the Canmore municipal election a series a questions. Here are my responses.

The downtown Business Improvement Area (BIA) held a series of coffee chats with candidates and its membership. Here are the questions and my responses.

After hosting an online forum on Sept. 21, the Bow Valley Builders and Developers Association also distributed a questionnaire to candidates for council and mayor. Here are the questions and my responses.

I want the future decisions of council to be bulletproof and to stand the test of legal appeal. That means taking the oath of office and legislated role an elected municipal official in Alberta holds seriously, and reserving my judgement on this matter.

Prior to Alberta Health Services taking over ambulance services in 2010, it was a policy of the Town of Canmore to always keep one EMS crew in the community at all times. A decade later, paramedics and emergency room doctors are calling on the province to reconsider how it transfers local ambulances out of town, and sometimes the entire valley, on a regular basis.

My platform is centred around priorities we must focus our efforts on immediately as a council and community. Reconciliation; housing and affordability; climate change; tourism; human use management and wildlife connectivity ­– these are some complex problems to solve and that is why I am running in the Oct. 18. 2021 municipal election as a candidate for town councillor.

Canmore faces difficult and challenging problems in the future and we need leaders that are willing and capable of doing this job. I am putting my name forward as candidate for councillor because I believe I would be an asset to the next council and the community.

The next council’s role will be to continue this important work and support all efforts in our community that strive toward truth and reconciliation.