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I’m Joshua Doyle, and I want to be your next city councillor!

I’m here to bring my experience as a technical engineer in private industry to city council. In my profession ideas are judged on merit, not their ideology. I want to bring a non-partisan problem solving approach to city council. Efficiency and co-operation are key.

Core city services, bike lanes, zoning bylaws, transit, homelessness. These are a few of the important issues that require intense scrutiny before committing to a plan forward. City council, as it is now, is dysfunctional. They are unaligned in their approach to problem solving, and it is apparent in their sloppy execution. The result of this being higher taxes on your hard- earned money. If we continue down this path it will only get worse. Change is needed. Resources are limited, so we must navigate these problems as efficiently as possible.

Allow me to be your megaphone. I will amplify your voice and your concerns. Together we can realize what we want this beautiful city to be. Through assertive leadership, piercing inquisition, and bi-lateral teamwork I can bring what is desperately needed to this city council.

It’s tough out there, let me right the ship.

About

Hi, I’m Josh.

I grew up in Camrose, but Edmonton is my home.

1992, I am 5 years old. My Grandfather tells my parents it’s time I start playing a sport. He’s a boisterous man with a booming voice. I’m fascinated by a ring on one of his fingers. It’s as large as his personality, green and gold with two E’s. A trophy of his sons, a Grey Cup champion. They decide I’ll play hockey. He calls me “Mountain Man”.

And I do. I begin to love it. I watch my favourite team, the Edmonton Oilers, on CBC hockey night in Canada. I’m taught the fundamentals, I make lifelong friendships, and I learn the importance of structure, teamwork, and community. The parents do their part. Taking turns driving kids to practice, volunteering for team fundraisers, helping each other in times of need. All the work done by the families and the coaches isn’t lost on me. I appreciate the arenas where the game is played. I see the support structure. I see what’s important to people.

At the top, The City. It provides the services, facilities, and the jobs to make it run. Then the communities within. They organize our associations, build our social frameworks and safety nets. To us, the people. The families that nurture and grow and share and love. Just like we always have. Just like we always will.

My journey may be different from yours. Maybe your story starts at the family business, or at the community church, or in the classroom. But we all learn the same values and principles, just through a different lens. A city is built bottom up, on the foundations of human decency and a vision of the future. Recently, I’ve seen some cracks starting to form. Sometimes changes happen too abruptly and we begin to lose our way. We start to fear others, and we’re quick to cast blame. But all we have to do is remember what’s important. Our friends, our families, our communities. When we focus on those things, everything else falls into place.

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