Calgary Council Moves Forward on Repealing Blanket Rezoning

0:00It's April 8th. This is Calgary News Today, powered by AI. Calgary City Council just voted 12-3 to keep pushing forward on repealing the blanket rezoning policy. That means they're moving ahead with the process to scrap this broad approach to development rules. Only counselors, Mike Atkinson, Nathaniel Schmidt, and Andrew Yule voted against it. Now they're diving into the nitty gritty procedural steps, like reading the by-law, line-by-line, and hashing out possible changes through debate. Counselor Andrew Yule made it clear he won't back a full repeal, unless they've got a solid replacement plan in place, saying they've got time to find. Something better as a team. Then there was a big surprise flip from counselor DJ Kelly, who campaigned on tweaking the policy, instead of killing it outright. He switched because his constituents are fed up, telling him it's not working, but he stressed repeal should kick off real talks rooted in local. Know how. Those already laying groundwork with major funding for affordable housing on capital and land.

1:00Next up, they'll tackle those by-law readings and amendment votes, so stay tuned as this shapes Calgary's future builds.