Highs, lows and a controversy or two: Calgary’s mayor reflects on key moments in 2023
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An ideal Calgary is one where everybody lives with dignity, the city's mayor told CTV News Calgary during an end-of-year, sit-down interview.
An ideal Calgary is one where everybody lives with dignity, the city's mayor told CTV News Calgary during an end-of-year, sit-down interview.
They have the dignity that comes with being housed.
The dignity that comes with ready access to food.
And the dignity that comes with having a meaningful income and work that they enjoy, as well as access to things like public health care and education.
"To build an ideal city -- one that's equitable for all -- requires a lot of co-operation between all three orders of government and partnerships with the private sector as well," Jyoti Gondek said.
"So I think the one thing that we have to get right is ensuring that we drop the politics and the ideologies and start working together in the interests of the people that we serve."
It's been a big year for Gondek and those who sit around the council table at city hall with her, and during her year-end interview, she reflected on some of the highs and lows of 2023, as well as some of the controversies:
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