Courtney Walcott

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Courtney Walcott is a columnist for LiveWire Calgary. Courtney is also a writer, a teacher, a community advocate and former Ward 8 city councillor.

Walcott: Don’t fall for it. Direct democracy is being weaponized against you.

There is a lot of praise for direct democracy lately. But our democracy is not direct, and it was never meant to be. Canada...
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Walcott: Pay-to-play public education? Farkas’s fight with Smith is bigger than property taxes

Mayor Farkas has picked a fight with Premier Smith. And he picked a good one. Over the last few weeks, Mayor Farkas has called out...
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Walcott: On rezoning, building for the future is politically costly

It comes at great political cost to be an elected official who makes a choice that prioritizes future generations in the face of what...
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Walcott: Affordability is no longer a stated priority for Calgary city council

Peter Demong, former Calgary City Councillor for Ward 14, used to say to me, “There are no new ideas, just new councillors.” When Calgary City...
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