Every winter, the City of Edmonton plows snow into massive windrows and abandons them. Parking disappears. Streets become unsafe. Seniors, people with disabilities, and families are trapped or forced into traffic.
This isn’t normal.
Nearby cities remove snow properly—often with smaller budgets. Edmonton doesn’t because it chooses not to.
While basic services fail, the City finds millions for “progressive” art projects and vanity plans. Meanwhile:
Transit was allowed to become dangerous until murders and assaults forced action
Peace officers were added after public outcry—not before
Recreation centres are overstaffed but poorly run
Taxes keep rising while service quality keeps dropping.
This isn’t just snow removal. It’s a pattern.
Snow clearing, safe transit, and accessible streets are core infrastructure, not optional extras. Edmontonians are paying more every year and getting less every winter.

• Montreal, QC – One of the snowiest big cities in North America completely plows streets and then loads and hauls the snow away to storage sites or processing facilities after storms instead of leaving massive windrows blocking streets and sidewalks. 
  
  Toronto, ON – A city much larger than Edmonton has a comprehensive winter maintenance plan where roads, sidewalks, cycle paths, and priority pedestrian zones are actively plowed and cleared; they even track plows in real time on public maps. 
  
  St. Paul / Twin Cities (Minnesota, USA) – These cold-weather cities innovate with one-side parking rules during winter specifically to reduce snow emergency disruption and make snow removal more effective and less chaotic. 

These are examples of larger cities that do it better, maybe newly elected mayor (congrats, btw) Andrew Knack can give these cities a call for some guidance. Show proper leadership this city has been demanding, or your second election will be harder to win than the first one, Andrew.

Montreal, QC – One of the snowiest big cities in North America completely plows streets and then loads and hauls the snow away to storage sites or processing facilities after storms instead of leaving massive windrows blocking streets and sidewalks. 

Toronto, ON – A city much larger than Edmonton has a comprehensive winter maintenance plan where roads, sidewalks, cycle paths, and priority pedestrian zones are actively plowed and cleared; they even track plows in real time on public maps. 

St. Paul / Twin Cities (Minnesota, USA) – These cold-weather cities innovate with one-side parking rules during winter specifically to reduce snow emergency disruption and make snow removal more effective and less chaotic. 

We are demanding:
A re-evaluation of snow removal and windrow policies
Clear timelines and accountability
A shift away from optics and toward basic services
Public patience is gone.
Clear the streets. Fix the priorities. Or face the backlash.