Frequently Asked Questions Answers to the most frequently asked questions received by Helene Larocque: What will you do about crime in our communities? Emergency Services (Police, Fire Fighters & Paramedics) are essential to the quality of life in Calgary. How will you ensure the emergency needs and expectations of Calgarians are being met? The City of Calgary's recreation facilities, arenas, leisure centres and libraries are either not being built in sufficient numbers to accommodate Calgary's growth or do not have the funding required to sustain existing services. How are you going to fund the building of new facilities and provide the necessary resources to address sustainability of the current facilities? Public Private Partnerships (P³s) have been proven to cost more and deliver less. Do you support or oppose P³s? Why? Why not? What is the relationship between the School Board and City Council, and who is responsible for funding education? The employer generally drives the labour-management bargaining relationship. The City of Calgary has a history of difficult and even adversarial labour relations. What actions would you take to improve the labour relationship by making the bargaining process less adversarial, and ensuring a respectful workplace? How would you improve on this relationship given the shortage of skilled workers? Calgarians have stated that the rate of growth in our city is having an adverse effect on the quality of life in our city. What issues do you see as vital to the quality of life for Calgarians?

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