Wyness in the Headlines

On the province's reduction of photo radar
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​"This is fixing a problem we didn't ask to be fixed. This is very disappointing from a governance perspective.
We are human; we make mistakes. That's why it's about using multiple tools instead of just one."​​​
After questioning City Administration on how long they knew about pipe vulnerabilities before the water main break
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"I was appalled. I think it's unacceptable for the main feeder line to be not inspected or evaluated in 10 years. The other answer was a surprise. That was the report saying that this pipe is going to fail. And no one was aware about it."
Calgary councillor leads push to repeal single-use items bylaw
"The City of Calgary's Single-Use Items Bylaw was prematurely designed, approved and implemented. This bylaw fails to consider the impact on regular Calgarians."
After introducing a motion to repeal the single-use bag bylaw​
"Since this file hit my desk, I saw the challenges in it...The purpose and intent are to have a penalty of a fee that will change behaviour—increasing the initial fee will just normalize over time and absorb into the cost of daily life.”
Calgary to require safeguards for images of fetuses on flyers​
"While we want to uphold the freedom of advocacy groups to express their opinions, we need to also balance our responsibility to protect communities.”
'Start listening to Calgarians': Councillors gear up for discussion on cutting budget for property tax rebate
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"This council needs to start doing a better job of demonstrating how we hear Calgarians.”
On the City's 'Route Ahead' strategy, after passing a motion to permit bikes on C-Trains​
"We can say we want one thing, but if we’re making a Route Ahead plan off of what amenities are in the urban center, how do you serve your outer wards and serve all Calgarians when they don’t have that access to what some of those assumptions are in that plan?”