Safety in Calgary’s downtown core was front and centre on the campaign trail Wednesday as mayoral candidate Sonya Sharp said she’d call on the province to close the supervised consumption site downtown, and to deconcentrate the city’s largest homeless shelter.

Sharp, who represents Ward 1 on council and is running for mayor under the Communities First party banner, made the announcement Wednesday morning at a barber shop across the street from the supervised consumption site at the Sheldon Chumir Health Centre.

“What is happening around here is simply not acceptable and something needs to change,” Sharp said.

Sharp said the city and province have been “going around in circles” on the issue for years, and if elected, she would formally ask Premier Danielle Smith and her government to c

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