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During municipal elections, City of Calgary voters were presented with the question of whether or not they supported adding fluoride into drinking water. Out of 334,888 votes collected on the question, 62 per cent supported the proposal. Airdrie receives all of its drinking water from Calgary, so a reintroduction of fluoride in Calgary would ultimately […]

With so much of the councillors-elect in favour of either water fluoridation or abiding by Monday’s vote, a notice of motion will likely come forward sooner than later, said Ward 9’s Gian-Carlo Carra City council will likely move quickly to ratify results of Monday’s plebiscite that favoured returning fluoride to Calgary’s water, say some newly […]

Even though Airdrie did not vote on the question of fluoride, Calgary did (Photo by Anna Ferensowicz) On October 18th, 2021, Calgary voters voted on the city’s seventh plebiscite regarding adding fluoride back into the city’s water supply. As of  11:33 P.M. on October 18th, 62 per cent of (201,940) voters voted “Yes” with regards […]

Calgarians have voted in favour of reintroducing fluoride into the city’s drinking water. Voters were polled on the issue for the seventh time in the city’s history during Monday night’s election. The question on this year’s ballot read: “Are you in favour of reintroducing fluoridation of the municipal water supply? Yes or no.” Unofficial results as […]

The Calgary Herald asked each of the candidates several questions, including their position on fluoridation, which we have listed below. We will continue to add candidates to this list as their questionnaires are published.   Date Published Candidate in 2021 Office Fluoridation position Oct 7 Ian Chiang   Mayor AGAINST FLUORIDATION “I oppose the introduction […]

Excerpt 4. Fluoride in drinking water In February, council voted 10-4 to include a non-binding plebiscite on the municipal election ballot on fluoride. The question will be: “Are you in favour of reintroducing fluoridation of the municipal water supply?” There have been 60 years of debate on the issue and six votes between 1957 and […]

The plebiscite on whether Calgary should reintroduce fluoride to its drinking water could affect more than 100,000 Albertans living outside the city who won’t have the opportunity to cast a ballot on the topic. Calgary provides drinking water to the nearby municipalities of Airdrie, Chestermere and Strathmore, as well as parts of Tsuut’ina Nation, Foothills […]

Just days before the municipal election, a new poll shows Calgarians are in favour of turning on the city’s fluoride taps by a wide but narrowing margin. The online Leger survey conducted among 502 Calgarians from Oct. 8 to 11 shows 54 per cent of respondents favour returning the additive to Calgary’s drinking water, compared […]

The debate to add fluoride to the city’s drinking water isn’t new for Calgarians but has remained contentious since it was first voted on nearly 70 years ago. Calgary’s civic election is Oct. 18. This will be the seventh time fluoride has been on the ballot in a Calgary municipal election, after being rejected four […]

The next city council could be asked to return fluoride to the city’s water supply. What is your position on this? No, it’s not only harmful to some people, but is also against some people’s value and belief, such that it is in violation of Charter Section 15. Occupation: Geologist Political/volunteer experience: 2019 Calgary Rocky Ridge […]