As voting starts this weekend, a lot of people are asking me “who are you voting for?”

I want to highlight that we aren’t just voting for Council. School Board elections are happening too. And they are very important! So I’m also researching Trustee candidates, not just Mayor and Council.

I need to be able to work with EVERYONE who gets elected. So I’m not endorsing individual candidates.

However, I’m happy to explain my overall approach to figuring out my ballot.

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The City of Grande Prairie will be implementing provincial measures, including Alberta's Restriction Exemption Program, starting on Monday. This means significant but temporary (hopefully very temporary) changes in many City facilities. More info is on the City website here.

I'll explain a bit about how a decision like this gets made below.

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Last week,over 10% of our hospital beds had COVID patients in them. That number is presumably climbing. Hospital doctors are sounding the alarm.

We have had surgeries cancelled. Patients sent to other hospitals. And yesterday, there was potentially a time where no ambulances were available in our community.

This should be incredibly worrying to us all.

We also have thousands of kids ineligible to get vaccinated returning to school this week. I’ve heard from many very worried parents.

In hopes of better supporting a push for action, I haven’t been too public over the last week. I always try to speak and listen at Council first before I go public with something significant. But today a Council Committee had its first conversation about recent COVID changes. So now, my take:

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At the end of June, Council will be debating a recommendation to purchase the Stonebridge Inn and change it to a Coordinated Care Campus. No decision has been made yet: public engagement is happening before any recommendations are brought to Council for debate. And quite rightly, a lot of people are engaged in the conversation.

Following is more information about the process being used, and my take on Supportive Housing initiatives.

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