Nenshi's 'Cities Matter' survey published without Conservative response
Calgary's mayor has been asking provincial and federal leaders their positions on city issues since 2011
Calgary voters who want to know where federal parties stand on issues specific to their city can now find answers at a website maintained by Mayor Naheed Nenshi — for the most part.
The Conservative Party of Canada has yet to respond to the mayor's questionnaire on Calgary-related topics, while every other major federal party has provided answers which are posted online at CitiesMatter.ca.
"The Conservatives are very, very late although they do assure us they will eventually fill out the survey," Nenshi said.
The mayor said all political parties were given two weeks to respond to the survey and the deadline was more than a week ago.
He said he expects the Conservatives may provide their answers by late Thursday, at which time he will have them posted online alongside the other responses.
The questions address topics such as funding for public transit, affordable housing, aboriginal issues, combating poverty, disaster mitigation, and the Calgary economy.
Nenshi put out similar questionnaires to provincial politicians and posted their responses during the 2012 and 2015 election campaigns and during the Alberta PC party's 2011 and 2014 leadership votes.