Don Iveson
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Sep 11, 2026
MacHOST
Oh, interesting
Mike MellrossGUEST
... which I con- c- I continually have to remind them of, but, so that really, they were integral to it, and really it was back in the days of, uh, Don Iveson and council.
MacHOST
Yeah.
Mike MellrossGUEST
Uh, you know, who, who carried the torch actually and, and signed on the dotted line was when he was with the federal government was, uh, Amarjeet Sohi.
14 MINS LATER
MacHOST
[laughs]
Mike MellrossGUEST
[laughs] But, um, the, uh...
Mike MellrossGUEST
That is very difficult because, um, and you know, again, I don't wanna constantly put Don Iveson on a pedestal, but the guy was really, really a very strong climate practitioner as well.
Mike MellrossGUEST
Like, he really understood it at its basis.
Ryan JespersenHOST
Uh, a killer roundtable.
Ryan JespersenHOST
Uh, we had, uh, Don Iveson, former Edmonton mayor, Cathy Heron, former St. Albert mayor, uh, Avnish Nanda, a constitutional lawyer, joining us in studio, Rachel Notley, former premier, uh, and then Chris Spearman, former Lethbridge mayor.
John HicksHOST
Ooh.
Ryan JespersenHOST
You're going, "Wait a second.
Ryan JespersenHOST
Um, co-signed with Kathy Aaron.
Ryan JespersenHOST
Joining us here in studio, Don Iveson as well, of course, and Avnish Nanda, a constitutional lawyer.
Ryan JespersenHOST
Uh, we'll be joined by Chris Spearman, former, uh, mayor of Lethbridge.
Ryan JespersenHOST
We'll also shout out, uh, Karena Plew, Craig Snodgrass, uh, the, uh, the very passionate mayor of High River.
27 MINS LATER
Ryan JespersenHOST
You gotta be 18 or over to play, and if you gamble, use your game sense.
Cathy HeronGUEST
sense.I gotta adjust here.
Cathy HeronGUEST
Mayor, former Mayor Don Iveson-
Ryan JespersenHOST
[laughs]
Mike MoffattHOST
Now, originally, your organization was called the Task Force for Housing and Climate.
Mike MoffattHOST
It was co-chaired by the former conservative deputy Prime Minister, Lisa Raitt, and the former mayor of Edmonton, Don Iveson.
Mike MoffattHOST
I acted as secretariat for that group, and for those of you who don't know what that means, it's basically the secretariat's responsibility is to herd all the members of Task Force, of the Task Force, which is like herding cats, take all of their great ideas, then you lock yourself in a dark basement with an unlimited supply of coffee.
Mike MoffattHOST
You bang out draft after draft of a final report or final blueprint, and that eventually became the blueprint for More and Better Housing.
21 MINS LATER
Mike MoffattHOST
Which [laughs] in my mind seems like common sense, but like, what's the role for government here?
Adam MongrainGUEST
Yeah.
Adam MongrainGUEST
Uh, this is Don Iveson's, uh, phrasing, I think, and it's so catchy and it's so real.
Adam MongrainGUEST
Like, just thinking through to where we are right now, like we s- we know that, uh, our homes that we live in right now are exposed to greater and greater, uh, risk from extreme weather events.
Michael WaltersGUEST
I think in order to have this kind of regional collaboration leading to those sorts of outcomes, which...
Michael WaltersGUEST
You know, on our day, uh, you know, our regional work was a priority for us, um, for mayor Iverson.
Michael WaltersGUEST
Then we, you know, we're mostly focused on sort of land use planning and preservation of agricultural land and economic growth and development and working together as a region, as opposed to competing with each other.
Michael WaltersGUEST
But housing was also an important part of that conversation.
WanyeHOST
that.
WanyeHOST
His name was Don Iverson.
WanyeHOST
Our Obama.
RickHOST
Mm-hmm.