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Edmonton Centre MP and Federal Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages Randy Boissonnault announced the $23.7 million is earmarked for the Blatchford district energy sharing system. Mayor Amarjeet Sohi said the money will be spent on installing an additional heat pump and auxiliary equipment, as well as funding the design and construction of a growing distribution piping network and sewer heat exchange energy centre.
There's no denying that Blatchford needs much help to fulfill its initial vision of recreating the old municipal airport property into a climate friendly model of urban development. So far Blatchford has fallen short of its objective, and investing more taxpayers' hard-earned dollars into it may prove to be a bad investment.
The announcement may have served the objective of getting Randy Boissonnault's name out of the news cycle because of his former business partner is being questioned by the parliamentary ethics committee about statements to that contradict public records. I'm just wary enough to think that Trudeau will use this Federal funding for his/the Liberal climate change agenda. It didn't take long for the huge signs to be erected.
A recent Leger poll seems to indicate the Edmontonions have soured on Mayor Sohi and the current council and many if not all would not be reelected in the next election.THe major concern seems to be that the Mayor and council are nore concerned with their agenda (ie. housing for homeless, climate change, bike lanes) than they are of the concerns of the City's tax paying citizens (ie. their own housing affordability, property taxes, homelessness).The Leger poll makes it clear that Sohi and Council are out of step with the majority of Edmontonions.
The last few years there has been an increase in antisemitism in many communities around the globe so its not surprising to know antisemitism still exists in Edmonton. In an effort to raise antisemitism awareness Mayor Amarjeet Sohi virtually unveiled a mosaic art piece put together by local artist Lewis Lavoie at an event hosted by the Jewish Federation of Edmonton . Becoming aware of antisemitism is a first step and hopefully this mosaic will be long term visual reminder.