Overview

• Jeromy Farkas, Sarah Elder and Jeff Davison published detailed Calgary Herald platform pieces outlining competing visions for City Hall in the final stretch before election day.
• All three pledge to repeal or replace the city’s blanket rezoning, positioning community control over planning as a central decision for voters.
• Public safety features prominently, with promises to support police and fire services and to expand community-based prevention efforts.
• Fiscal discipline proposals include outside and core reviews of spending, red-tape reduction and, in Davison’s case, a property-tax freeze, reflecting broader affordability concerns.
• Infrastructure and delivery reforms figure heavily, including a 24/7 ‘one-dig’ approach, faster permitting for like-for-like projects and commitments to repair roads and reduce project delays.