Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi said he’s always been proud that his city hasn’t needed outside support for its operating budget until now
But he said Calgary is looking at a $400-million deficit this year and that it, too, has resorted to mass layoffs and service cuts.
Ridership on Calgary’s light-rail transit system was down as much as 90 per cent during the pandemic, Nenshi noted. “This pandemic has been terrible. It has been terrible for so many of us … and it will be terrible in ways that we haven’t yet realized,” he said.“But today’s announcement gives citizens the confidence that the three orders of government are working together, because we get through this the way we always get through things – and that is together.”
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