Oct. 12, 2017 | Mario Toneguzzi
City hall free-for-all
On Oct. 16, Calgarians will go to the polls to determine the city's mayor, councillors and school board trustees. In the competition for the mayor's chair, a three-man race has emerged between incumbent Mayor Naheed Nenshi, veteran city councillor Andre Chabot, and local lawyer and former Alberta Progressive Conservative party president Bill Smith.Nenshi, Chabot and Smith recently sat down with CREB®Now's Mario Toneguzzi to discuss some of the most important real estate and housing-related issues impacting Calgarians, now and in the future.
Andre Chabot
Naheed Nenshi
Bill Smith
For more information about the 2017 municipal election, including where and when you can vote, visit calgary.ca/election.
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