1/Last summer, the Premier asked Calgary to make its own decision on masks, stating that provincial mandates made no sense because of varying contexts in municipalities. Now he’s upset that we’re prioritizing our duty of care for Calgarians. cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
2/Perhaps the Premier’s advisors could brief him on what Council actually did. We asked Admin for rate/trend data so we could make an empirically sound decision, because the CMOH was not present. We’re taking duty of care seriously.
3/In Calgary, we have to make sure staff like our transit operators & front line responders have safe work conditions. Will that require masks? We posed that question. Admin responded that they are monitoring closely & will advise.
4/Emerging from this pandemic safely requires us to make informed decisions for the people we serve. Council asked for information to make an informed decision. That’s not a negative act; it’s a responsible act.
5/You can’t ask us to be responsible for masks when it’s convenient & withdraw that request when it’s not. We’re not interested in being pawns in a game where the rules & goalposts change regularly. We’re servant leaders who act in Calgarians’ interests.
6/This is precisely why we need to ask a referendum question on a Fair Deal for our city, one that treats us like a partner in delivering important services to citizens. Because what we have clearly isn’t working. You have a right to vote & send that message to the province.
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