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Formal municipal climate commitments, targets and strategy decisions, alongside their separate spending and implementation records. People are shown across their recorded careers unless dates are set.

Reviewed decisions
6
Sourced statements
1
Evidence last reviewed
Oct 30, 2026

Climate and Environment operating allocations

Explicit amendments to Climate and Environment operating allocations. This is separate from formal targets and declarations; multiple amendments within one annual budget share one scoring weight.

Favoured the reviewed funding reductionsFavoured retaining the reviewed allocations
Raj Dhaliwal
Insufficient voting evidence
1 reviewed decision
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Policy positions

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PersonScore (0–100)Independent decisionsRemove-one lowRemove-one highEvidence statusFirst voteLast vote
Raj DhaliwalNot available1Not availableNot availableInsufficient voting evidenceDec 2, 2025Dec 2, 2025
Only reviewed policy choices are scored. Each independent decision family counts once per measure; choices within one budget or policy package share that family’s weight. statements, promises, absences and contextual amendments do not contribute. Two decisions are the minimum for a position. The sensitivity range shows the score after removing one decision at a time; it is not a statistical confidence interval or a prediction.

Decisions and alternatives

Jun 30, 2026 · adopted

Require forestry reporting and consider future tree-program funding

Council received the tree-equity program update, required annual forestry metrics and directed consideration of future capital funding tied to canopy targets and federal tree-program obligations.

Outcome: Council adopted the directions unanimously. The motion required consideration of 2027–2030 capital funding; it did not approve that funding or prove that canopy targets were reached.

Confirmed June 30, 2026 Council minutes, PDF page 420 · reviewed Oct 30, 2026
Dec 2, 2025 · adopted

Reduce Climate and Environment one-time operating spending

A 2026 budget amendment proposed removing $9 million in one-time Climate and Environment operating expenditures from the Planning and Development Services budget.

Outcome: Council adopted the reduction. This amendment changes a specified operating allocation; it does not rescind every climate policy or establish a measured emissions impact.

City Clerk's Council and Committee Votes, C2025-0901, December 2 · reviewed Oct 29, 2026

Position evidence and history

DatePersonDecisionRecorded voteMeaning and scoring rationaleUse
Jun 30, 2026
Raj DhaliwalRequire forestry reporting and consider future tree-program fundingYes
Adopt the reporting direction and schedule consideration of capital funding during budget deliberations.
Annual forestry metrics and a future funding consideration are outside both the formal-climate-commitments definition and the specific Climate and Environment operating-allocation measure.
Context / unscored
May 26, 2026
Raj DhaliwalRescind the climate emergency declarationNo
Keep the declaration by rejecting this rescission motion.
A separate unsuccessful direction concerned references in City materials and is not another scored declaration decision.
Context / unscored
May 26, 2026
Raj DhaliwalRescind the climate emergency declarationNo
Keep the declaration by rejecting this rescission motion.
The accompanying climate-expenditure portal direction concerns transparency and is not treated as support for or opposition to climate targets.
Context / unscored
May 26, 2026
Raj DhaliwalRescind the climate emergency declarationNo
Keep the declaration by rejecting this rescission motion.
The scored question removes a formal declaration; it does not itself repeal all climate policies or cut a quantified climate budget.
Reviewed policy choice
Dec 2, 2025
Raj DhaliwalReduce Climate and Environment one-time operating spendingYes
Approve the $9 million reduction and lower the stated allocation from $38 million to $29 million.
A Yes explicitly reduces the named Climate and Environment allocation. Other budget amendments share the annual budget's scoring group; formal climate declarations use a separate measure.
Reviewed policy choice
Sep 16, 2025
Raj DhaliwalConsider rescinding the climate emergency declarationNo
Reject rescission at this vote and retain the declaration.
A Yes removes a formal declaration; a No retains it. Audit proposals do not become extra climate-position votes.
Reviewed policy choice
Jul 5, 2022
Raj DhaliwalAdopt Calgary Climate Strategy: Pathways to 2050Yes
Adopt the updated climate strategy and stated audit and advisory directions.
The primary vote adopts the updated climate strategy; its amendments and related recommendations are not separate scores.
Reviewed policy choice
Jul 5, 2022
Raj DhaliwalAdopt Calgary Climate Strategy: Pathways to 2050Yes
Adopt the updated climate strategy and stated audit and advisory directions.
Related clean-electricity recommendations explain part of the same strategy debate.
Context / unscored
Dec 20, 2021
Raj DhaliwalSet net-zero targets and climate expenditure reportingYes
Adopt the target and accountability directions.
The vote explicitly strengthens formal municipal climate commitments through a net-zero target and implementation-reporting requirements.
Reviewed policy choice
Recorded choices remain attached to their proposals. Contextual motions are visible and unscored.

How the record developed

DatePersonRecord typeChoice or statementSource
Jun 30, 2026Raj DhaliwalRecorded vote
Require forestry reporting and consider future tree-program funding · Yes

Annual forestry metrics and a future funding consideration are outside both the formal-climate-commitments definition and the specific Climate and Environment operating-allocation measure.

Confirmed June 30, 2026 Council minutes, PDF page 420 · reviewed Oct 30, 2026
May 26, 2026Raj DhaliwalRecorded vote
Rescind the climate emergency declaration · No

A separate unsuccessful direction concerned references in City materials and is not another scored declaration decision.

City Clerk's Council and Committee Votes · reviewed Oct 29, 2026
May 26, 2026Raj DhaliwalRecorded vote
Rescind the climate emergency declaration · No

The accompanying climate-expenditure portal direction concerns transparency and is not treated as support for or opposition to climate targets.

City Clerk's Council and Committee Votes · reviewed Oct 29, 2026
May 26, 2026Raj DhaliwalRecorded vote
Rescind the climate emergency declaration · No

The scored question removes a formal declaration; it does not itself repeal all climate policies or cut a quantified climate budget.

City Clerk's Council and Committee Votes · reviewed Oct 29, 2026
Dec 2, 2025Raj DhaliwalRecorded vote
Reduce Climate and Environment one-time operating spending · Yes

A Yes explicitly reduces the named Climate and Environment allocation. Other budget amendments share the annual budget's scoring group; formal climate declarations use a separate measure.

City Clerk's Council and Committee Votes, C2025-0901, December 2 · reviewed Oct 29, 2026
Oct 1, 2025Raj DhaliwalStated position
Advocated further tree-canopy expansion in Ward 5, saying planting progress was insufficient.
Dhaliwal dated tree-canopy update · reviewed Oct 30, 2026
Sep 16, 2025Raj DhaliwalRecorded vote
Consider rescinding the climate emergency declaration · No

A Yes removes a formal declaration; a No retains it. Audit proposals do not become extra climate-position votes.

City Clerk's Council and Committee Votes · reviewed Oct 29, 2026
Jul 5, 2022Raj DhaliwalRecorded vote
Adopt Calgary Climate Strategy: Pathways to 2050 · Yes

The primary vote adopts the updated climate strategy; its amendments and related recommendations are not separate scores.

City Clerk's Council and Committee Votes · reviewed Oct 30, 2026
Jul 5, 2022Raj DhaliwalRecorded vote
Adopt Calgary Climate Strategy: Pathways to 2050 · Yes

Related clean-electricity recommendations explain part of the same strategy debate.

City Clerk's Council and Committee Votes · reviewed Oct 30, 2026
Dec 20, 2021Raj DhaliwalRecorded vote
Set net-zero targets and climate expenditure reporting · Yes

The vote explicitly strengthens formal municipal climate commitments through a net-zero target and implementation-reporting requirements.

City Clerk's Council and Committee Votes · reviewed Oct 30, 2026
Attributed statements, recorded choices and campaign commitments retain separate labels. Month/year dates retain their precision; undated records appear last. Promises show their full lifecycle.

Statements and reasons for votes

Stated position · Oct 1, 2025 · Raj Dhaliwal

Advocated further tree-canopy expansion in Ward 5, saying planting progress was insufficient.

Dhaliwal dated tree-canopy update · reviewed Oct 30, 2026
Why this statement was collected

Adds a distinct environmental priority directly stated in the dated primary-site index; the linked full article could not be fetched.

These are attributed statements, separate from voting scores. Date filters exclude undated sources.

Promises and actions

No sourced commitments collected

A missing commitment is not a finding that someone made no promises.

Commitments and their sourced milestones are shown across their full lifecycle, independently of the vote-date filter.