Goulet-Jones says City’s new Environmental Master Plan means higher taxes and an assault on energy sector

This opinion piece was submitted by Calvin Goblet-Jones

City Council Unanimously Rejects reason by approving a severely flawed Environmental Master Plan.

I honestly can not believe every councillor voted in favour of this document, I am severely disappointed in our Council Today.

Make no mistake, this document deserves to be put through the shredder. There are a few good elements of the $150,000 document such as strengthening our inner city forests however the document is nothing more than a glimpse into a future of higher taxes, bans and a continued assault on our energy sector by a council who says they support energy.

Of course the document is full of buzzwords and flowery language but this document rejects the benefits of our local energy sector. Instead of looking towards cheap natural gas as an energy source they look to failed renewable energy projects that you and I will pay heavily for. The Document wants to limit Red Deers energy consumption, wants to limit your personal fuel consumption, and wants to ban ban ban. The document wants to ban wood fires, wants to heavily regulate vehicles, and wants to shift all the vehicles the city owns to be electric which will cost taxpayers heavily.

Quickly, take a look at Action 20, they don’t mention a ban outright but they mention open air burning, wood burning and vehicles as part of their “action plan” it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to interpret what they mean.

Look at Focus Area 1.2.2.3 where they want to limit consumer energy consumption and how they reject our local cheap, economy supporting fossil fuels.

Shame on Council for Unanimously approving this document.

Link to the Environmental Master Plan 2019 (Active on July 10, 2019)- http://www.reddeer.ca/media/reddeerca/city-services/environment-and-conservation/our-corporate-initiatives/2019-Environmental-Master-Plan.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1a6ufDziFXy2g9oqmpyhiZ69L8bzp6l-l_sdGcacMRzEHzAODlV19Ol-0

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2024 City Councilor By-Election

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Published on April 22, 2024

City of Red Deer

Unofficial 2024 By-Election Results

With 100% voting stations reporting, Red Deerians have elected a new City Councillor during The City’s first ever by-election.

Unofficial results of the 2024 Municipal By-Election are as follows:

Councillor for The City of Red Deer Number of positions to be filled: 1

	Candidate	Votes
1	BUCHANAN, S.H. (Buck)	479
2	CHILIBECK, Jason	287
3	COLLINGS, Mark	115
4	CULLEN-SAIK, Linda	296
5	HUIZING, Hans	381
6	KRAHN, Chad	2512
7	MACDONALD, Ashley	165
8	MILANEY, Liam (The Level)	29
9	TWEEDLE, Jaelene	2355
10	YZERMAN, Calvin	183