Apparently the province is considering implementing political parties for municipal elections (
https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/br...ouncil-calgary).
In general I think parties are a bad idea, even if it does give you a better idea of what a candidate would vote for. But maybe in a sense we already have them since most of the council was supported by one of 2 large PACs last election. And maybe the UCP should consider that more than half of Calgary went NDP in the last provincial election if they think this will result in a council that supports them.