Election 2025: Campaign Roundup - Day 26

Welcome to Day 26 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 26:

• Our Calgary Election Survey is being updated daily to reflect new candidate submissions. The survey reveals where Mayoral and Council candidates stand on key issues like safety, affordability, taxation, and accountability. We have published their unedited responses so voters can make informed choices.
  
  
• We have also launched our Calgary Election Videos, featuring in-depth interviews with candidates for Mayor and Council. This video series offers a more personal way to learn about candidates compared to written survey responses.
  
  
• A new CTV News poll shows Calgary’s mayoral race remains incredibly tight, with Jeromy Farkas at 17%, Jyoti Gondek at 16%, Jeff Davison at 15%, and Sonya Sharp at 14%. Notably, 32% of respondents said they support none of these candidates. Despite Gondek’s standing in the race, 75% of those surveyed believe it’s time for her to leave office.
  
  
• The mayoral candidates also faced off in a lively debate, addressing key voter concerns such as public safety, population growth, and the city’s controversial blanket rezoning policy. Candidates sparred over how to hire more police, manage rapid growth, and work with the provincial government, with differing plans on taxes, housing, and council leadership. You can watch the debate here.
  
  
• The Calgary Chamber of Commerce is urging the City to reconsider the Green Line LRT again, calling for the downtown section to be returned underground to improve connectivity and support economic growth. Their survey found nearly half of businesses are dissatisfied with public transit funding, and the Chamber also recommends expanding the Free Fare Zone, increasing transit coverage and frequency, and extending the line north to 160 Avenue N.

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