Election 2025: Campaign Roundup - Day 14

Welcome to Day 14 of our Calgary 2025 Campaign Roundup!

With the 2025 municipal election underway, we'll be bringing you daily updates on all the policy proclamations, platform promises, and political point-scoring from the campaign trail.

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Campaign Roundup - Day 14:

• Advance voting begins tomorrow! Voting runs from October 6th to October 11th and polls are open from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm. Polling locations and voter information are available online.
  
  
• It’s not just Councillors and a Mayor that you’ll be voting for this election - don’t forget that there is also a School Trustee election happening too! Some voters want trustees who advocate for equity, public education funding, and support for vulnerable students, while others want trustees who emphasize parental rights, academic basics, and less focus on gender and social issues. You can learn more about the candidates online.
  
  
• Calgary’s population has surged to 1.6 million and could hit 2 million as early as the next decade, far sooner than City planners once expected. The rapid growth is straining infrastructure, housing, and public services, and has become a central issue in the upcoming municipal election. Mayoral candidates are debating how best to prepare - from expanding transit and building new fire halls to revisiting controversial rezoning policies. Business leaders and City officials warn that without long-term planning and major infrastructure investment, Calgary risks falling further behind as it races toward becoming Canada’s second-largest city.
  
  
• The Calgary Party has launched a campaign focused on criticizing Premier Danielle Smith and her government rather than opposing other municipal candidates. Mayoral candidate Brian Thiessen has accused Smith of interfering with Calgary’s Green Line project, cutting police funding, and wasting money on a failed Tylenol deal. Campaign strategist Stephen Carter argued that provincial overreach into city affairs justifies confrontation, comparing it to past conflicts that benefited Calgary. Political scientist Duane Bratt noted that Carter used a similar anti-provincial tactic in Jyoti Gondek’s 2021 campaign but said it may be less effective this time since Smith is more popular than former Premier Jason Kenney was.

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