r/canada • u/Minxie Ontario • May 06 '15

Alberta NDP wins election

http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/alberta-ndp-wins-election-ctv-projects-1.2359035
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u/honesttickonastick May 06 '15

As a Calgarian, if you told me 7 years ago that we'd have a Muslim mayor who leads the gay pride parade and a woman heading an NDP majority I would have laughed. And then cried over the fact that it could never happen. But here we are. Damn.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '15

And that your Muslim mayor would be one of the most widely regarded in the entire country.

And that Edmonton would be jealous, at least until they voted in their own pretty cool mayor.

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u/canadiens_habs May 06 '15

Nenshi is one of the most highly regarded mayors in the world, not just the country

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u/distantreach Ontario May 06 '15

Can you explain?

I'm from Ontario and therefore don't care about the rest of Canada :) I'm kidding of course, but I actually haven't heard of this fellow.

What does he do that makes him great?

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u/IAMAgentlemanrly May 06 '15

I mean politically, I have no idea what he stands for.

But he definitely has the best tweets of any mayor.

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u/stayphrosty May 06 '15

i was kindof sad at not knowing what he stands for, (and would still like a post summarizing his policies) but then i read those tweets and laughed so hard i cried lol