City News: July 7, 2025

Cartmell is now also calling the move to extend the meeting “extremely disappointing”, saying that council was aware of his travel plans and should have discussed the infill question earlier.

“It is beyond disrespectful to infringe upon those plans through poor planning and disgraceful performance by City Council,” he said in a statement.

Adding, he will not attend the rest of the meeting, but will work to address infill if elected in the fall.

Lori Williams, a political scientist at Mount Royal University, says councillors could have legitimate concerns, such as flights already being booked, but joining virtually would be a good compromise, especially as there may be little sympathy for politicians losing vacation.

“To the public, to those who don’t fully know what’s going on, it looks like well-paid elected officials are complaining about working when many people don’t even have the option of having a vacation. So it’s a tricky thing to defend,” said Williams.

City News July 2, 2025

Earlier this week, a motion put forward by councillor and mayoral candidate Tim Cartmell to halt infill development until there’s more consultation was ruled “out of order” by fellow councillors.

Cartmell said he feels it’s needed.

“It’s the neighbourhoods with the highest property values that are seeing this, as opposed to other neighbourhoods. Something is going on, and we should stop and figure out what all those details are. That’s what I’m hearing from community, and I’m trying to convey that at council, and I’m not getting support from my other councillors to acknowledge that concern,” Cartmell explained.

CBC News: July 2, 2025 

City coun.Tim Cartmell proposed an idea to pause some infill development temporarily. But Edmonton's legal team shut down his motion at a public hearing. CBC's Tristan Mottershead reports.

CBC News: July 1, 2025 

Edmonton city council won't be putting a moratorium on infill, after the city's legal team advised that doing so would contravene provincial legislation.

Ward pihêsiwin Coun. Tim Cartmell, who's also a mayoral candidate in the upcoming election, put forward a motion Monday evening to pause development approvals for mid-block properties, in the small scale residential zone, until the city re-examines plans for groups of neighbourhoods. 

CTV News: June 30, 2025

City councillor Tim Cartmell, who’s running for mayor this fall, called the hearing “an absolute mess.”

“We’ve split this thing into a discussion at the beginning of the meeting, and a discussion at the end of the meeting, and the meeting is two 12-hour-days long, and people don’t know if they should be here at the beginning, or here at the end,” Cartmell, who represents Ward pihêsiwin on Edmonton’s south side, told media on Monday.