ā ļø This Tuesday, Councillor McLean is attempting a fiscally irresponsible, anti-safety political stunt to stall urgently needed street safety improvements
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Councillor "Gone Golfin" McLean is bringing forward a notice of motion to city council thisĀ Tuesday, Oct 27th in an effort to stall all street safety projects that improve safety for bike users, even if they also make the street safer for other users. His highly political anti-safety stunt rolls out the welcome mat for more provincial government interference in local municipal issues and plays political games with the safety of children and all Calgarians who use our streets everyday.
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ā ļø There is traffic safety crisis on Calgary streets and it is getting more deadly each year
Image source: The Sprawl
It's never a good time to play political games when people's lives are at risk. But that is exactly what Councillor Mclean is doing. Road fatalities in Calgary are at a decade plus high ofĀ 39 deaths in 2025, that includes 15 pedestrian fatalities Ā and 2 cyclists. And the trend is worsening...
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š Fewer children than ever are walking or biking to school in Calgary
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The number of kids walking to school in Calgary has continually droppedāfrom 27% in 2001 to 17.6% in 2011, according to city data.
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š Calgary Police are āhamstrungā by the Provinceās ban on automated enforcement
Former Calgary Police Chief Neufeld raised the alarm over Provinceās ban on automated traffic enforcement in December 2024 (Source: Calgary Police Service)
Unfortunately, the Provincial governmentās war on traffic safety has rendered the Calgary Police āhamstrung in their abilities to address the traffic safety concerns that exist in our municipalitiesā, according to former Calgary Police Chief Mark Neufeld.Ā
"By further restricting our automated enforcement efforts, I have no doubt there will be an increase in serious injury and fatal collisions in Calgary."
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šļø We need City Council to take action to accelerate safer street design improvements to reverse the increasingly dangerous streets for all types of usersĀ
City Council must accelerate efforts to improve street safety for all users in Calgary. Councillor McLean's anti-safety notice of motion would stall efforts and waste public money.
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ā ļø Councillor McLean continues to fight against making streets safer for children and all Calgarians
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On Sept 22, McLean was the lone councillor to vote against a motion to install leading pedestrian intervals, a proven low-cost safety improvement for pedestrians, especially school children.
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šØ Freezing street safety projects would prolong road construction and increase costs to taxpayers
This Calgary landfill continues to smoulder much like Councillor McLean's fiscal track record (Image source:Ā CBC)
Councillor "Gone Golfin" McLean's fiscal track record most closely resembles the smouldering Calgary landfill fire. In the previous council term, he most notably championed the $750 million public subsidy to the billionaire Flames owners to build them a new arena and forfeit all the operating revenues of the new city-owned facility. He also advocated to annex land from Foothills County for suburban developers. Recently, he has beenĀ advocating for over $377 million in fiscally irresponsible sprawl subsidies for excess new suburban infrastructure.Ā
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ā”ļø Take Action: Tell City Council to vote against Councillor McLean's fiscally irresponsible political anti-safety stunt
āļø Email Calgary city council and demand that they take public safety seriously
Tell City Council to vote AGAINST Councillor Dan McLean's fiscally irresponsible, anti-safety political stunt this Tuesday.
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