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As we get to the final days of this election campaign, it seems that there has been more heat than light. Stakes are high and many are wondering how to vote. At the City of Calgary, we’ve been sorting through all the promises and speeches to see where the candidates stand on issues important to Calgarians.

As in previous elections, city council surveyed all of the parties and published the results verbatim at yycmatters.ca. We asked detailed questions on four issues: Honouring Commitments to Calgary, Promoting Economic Recovery for Calgary, Supporting Calgarians through the Recovery, and Closing Calgary’s Infrastructure Gap. The parties put significant thought into their answers, and I thank them for that.

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Let’s start with the good: all parties have affirmed their commitment to major projects like the Green Line and the Springbank dam — critical to protecting downtown Calgary from flooding. (One strange item here: the United Conservative Party’s survey response enthusiastically supports the Springbank dam, with one or two loopholes, but their candidate in the Springbank area has said the party is opposed to building the dam, as is she. They should clarify this.)