Why We Endorse Alex
Alex is dedicated to making Ward 11 a safer, more connected, and affordable place to live. Because Alex prioritizes listening and transparency, he’ll keep residents’ needs at the heart of decision-making. His experience advocating for practical, people-focused solutions to local issues will make him a highly effective councillor.
About Alex Williams
Alex co-founded Calgary Transit Riders to improve public transit safety and reliability. He advocates for housing affordability to ensure all Calgarians have a place they can call home. His work in transit and housing advocacy reflects his commitment to building a better Calgary for everyone.
Alex has developed excellent listening skills through his work on podcasts, and can understand diverse perspectives. Alex not only has years of experience driving meaningful change, he has lived experience of his community’s challenges. He is a born and raised south Calgarian.
On the municipal level, we are fortunate to have many ways in which we can take action to fight climate change, and mitigate its impacts. One of the primary ways the City of Calgary and City Council can reduce our climate impact is by encouraging and facilitating active and mass transportation.
– Alex Williams
Alex’s qualifications include:
- Co-founded Calgary Transit Riders
- Podcast host of My Wax Museum, Broken Bulbs, and the Creation Stories
- Community volunteer and advocate
Alex will use his skills as a professional listener and storyteller to tell the stories of Ward 11 residents and build positive change.
Check out Ward 11
Ward 11 includes the Glenmore Reservoir which provides the majority of Calgary’s drinking water. Ward 11 also includes North and South Glenmore Parks, which provide recreation opportunities for walkers, bikers, and even sailors at Calgary’s only facility for sailing.
Learn More
If you want to learn more about Alex and see where he stands on critical issues facing Calgarians today, check out his responses to our Candidate Questionnaire:
I’m running for City Council because it’s one way I have the opportunity to improve the lives of all Calgarians. While everyone on City Council claims to support transit and housing, few put their money where their mouth is and push for change–and even fewer depend on the changes we need.
Calgarians should vote for me because I’m here for the long-haul. I’ve lived my life here and plan to live the rest of it here, too. The city I want to build while on Council is the city I want to live in when I’m 60, a city built for people in all phases of life, a city I know the next generation will be proud to call home.
On housing affordability:
Like many Calgarians, I’ve also faced frustrations looking for housing during this crisis, and look forward to advancing housing as a priority on Council.
On public transit:
As a daily transit user, I’m familiar with the challenges Calgarians face when depending on this critical service, and I’m ready to move forward to create a world class system.
I support the continued development of the North Central BRT with MAX Stations, providing higher quality stations for transit riders. I also support higher frequencies and more buses in the meantime. For the rest of the city, I intend to double down on the MAX services we’ve already established by upgrading these routes with more queue jumps, public utility lanes, and signal priority, where these changes would be beneficial. I also intend to expand the MAX network making it easier for Calgarians to get wherever they need to go, whenever they need to get there.
On climate planning:
On the municipal level, we are fortunate to have many ways in which we can take action to fight climate change, and mitigate its impacts. One of the primary ways the City of Calgary and City Council can reduce our climate impact is by encouraging and facilitating active and mass transportation. Continuing to build out our walking and wheeling networks is a critical, and cost effective way to reduce emissions. This can be done with retrofits across the city and ensuring new developments facilitate these options from the start. The way we build our communities can also have a significant impact on climate.
On public services:
These services are critical to a successful city. Every one of us depend on these services.
My approach is to build the city in a more fiscally sustainable way. This means building along existing infrastructure, supporting more efficient modes of transportation, and building our city in a way that doesn’t spread our infrastructure and services thin. The way we’ve built over the past several decades has been unsustainable and the bill is coming due. Service cuts and austerity budgets would see our city crumble. I look forward to investing in a better-built city.
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