{"id":70525,"date":"2023-05-29T10:24:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T16:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/?p=70525"},"modified":"2023-05-29T10:41:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T16:41:37","slug":"which-way-is-calgary-north-east-going-this-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saitjournalism.ca\/thepress\/2023\/05\/29\/which-way-is-calgary-north-east-going-this-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Which way is Calgary-North East going this election?"},"content":{"rendered":"

C<\/span>algary-North East is an electoral district that was just re-established in the 2019 election, but voters have been growing tremendously in this area. Both the NDP and UCP are competitive there.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Twelve thousand more people have registered for this election from the past four years,\u201d said Gurinder Brar, NDP\u2019s Calgary-North East MLA candidate. Elections Alberta reported that about 5,000 more people had registered by Feb. 2023.<\/p>\n

Cityscape, Skyview Ranch, and Redstone in the northeast are some of the fastest-growing communities in Calgary.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that is one of the reasons that there is a jump in the number of electors,\u201d said Brar.<\/p>\n

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Gurinder Brar, NDP’s northeast candidate is running for the first time in elections. (Photo courtesy of Gurinder Brar)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Feb. 2023, 30,403 people had registered in Calgary-North East, reported Elections Alberta. However, Brar mentioned, \u201cIt is not 30,000, it is 40,000 this election.\u201d<\/p>\n

Immigrants are also playing a vital role in the rapid growth of this community. Improving immigration policy is highlighted by both the UCP and NDP candidates in their political campaigns.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are developing a new dedicated Alberta Advantage Immigration Program pathway for medical professionals who have a job offer from an Alberta health-care sector employer and who meet the minimum requirements to practice in their profession in Alberta,\u201d\u00a0Rajan Sawhney, the Trade, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister, told the Calgary Herald<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will make sure there is a consistent and smooth path of transition of their credentials from the country they come from,\u201d said Brar.<\/p>\n

Over the last four years, Sawhney served as the UCP MLA for Calgary-North East. She is now running in Calgary-North West. Inder Grewal, an entrepreneur, is taking her place as the UCP’s Calgary-North East candidate.<\/p>\n

\u201cI made a very difficult choice back in February not to run for re-election and there were a number of personal considerations that I won\u2019t get into,\u201d Sawhney told the Calgary Herald.<\/em><\/p>\n

When asked to predict the results, most of Calgary-North East’s residents are either supporting the NDP or the UCP.<\/p>\n

\u201cI cannot imagine Danielle Smith as a premier for four more years,\u201d said Khushdeep Kaur, a daycare worker.<\/p>\n

Half of the residents are hoping for Calgary and the provincial government to complete the C-train Blue Line extension. Calgary Transit<\/a> plans to extend the northeast leg 7.5 km to 96 Avenue, Country Hills, 128 Avenue, and Stoney Trail.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that any party that supports the completion of the Blue Line from Saddletowne might be the party I support,\u201d said Namreet Sidhu, a resident of Redstone. \u201cIt is difficult for me as a student to travel from Redstone.”<\/p>\n

Though neither political party has the Blue Line in their campaign, it is a tiebreaker for young residents of Calgary-North East like Sidhu.<\/p>\n

Sawhney was not available for comment on the completion of the Blue Line.<\/p>\n

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The City of Calgary has plans to extend the C-Train’s Blue Line in the northeast. (Photo by Sumeet Singh Sidhu\/ The Press)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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