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Calgary Votes Live Blog
10:35 pm: We’re ready to call it. Calgary’s next mayor: Yes, that’s right. Canada’s conservative heartland just elected a mayor who is a visible minority, practicing muslim, Harvard graduate, university professor, and a policy wonk. And he wears purple. Nenshi’s rise is truly astonishing when you consider that he was polling in single digits, 35 […]
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What’s the matter with Calgary?
Dear Calgary, You used to be cool. You were the conservative rebel without a cause. You welcomed George Bush and Sarah Palin with open arms. You could always be counted on for a good pro-Iraq war rally. Ann Coulter called you “the good Canadians”. The man who embodied this Calgary image was Ralph Klein. He […]
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Stampede to the Polls: Barb Higgins
Previous Profiles:Ric McIverKent HehrNaheed Nenshi The general consensus in Calgary seems to be that the mayoral race sits as: 1. McIver2. Higgins3. Nenshi Sure, guys like Bob Hawkesworth and Wayne Stewart are still in the mix but…well…life is too short to blog about Bob Hawkesworth. As such, this will be the fourth and final instalment […]
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Right Turn
Polls out today show fiscal conservatives ahead in Calgary and Toronto. Calgary (Leger, n=500 phone) Ric McIver 43% (profile)Barb Higgins 28%Naheed Nenshi 8% (profile)Kent Hehr 4.1% (profile)Bob Hawkesworth 3.9%Craig Burrows 3.6%Joe Connely 2.9%Wayne Stewart 1.8%Alnoor Kassam 1.4%Oscar Fech 1.2%Bonnie Devine 0.8%Paul Hughes 0.8%John Lord 0.4% Kassam and Hughes are actually out of the race. Likely […]
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Let’s Get Municipal
Calgary: Calgary is still buzzing over Barb Higgins’ entry into the Mayoral race, and there are reports she has hired Liberal strategist Don Lovett as her campaign manager. On the policy side, frontrunner Ric McIver has released his vision for Calgary, and Higgins has responded with her “policy framework“. Both are bland, unoriginal, and short […]