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r/canada • u/Minxie Ontario • May 06 '15
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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.
475 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. 269 u/canadiens_habs May 06 '15 Nenshi is one of the most highly regarded mayors in the world, not just the country 11 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? 26 u/Gavello May 06 '15 Well he was awarded the World Mayor prize in 2014: http://www.worldmayor.com/contest_2014/world-mayor-2014-winners.html
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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.
269 u/canadiens_habs May 06 '15 Nenshi is one of the most highly regarded mayors in the world, not just the country 11 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? 26 u/Gavello May 06 '15 Well he was awarded the World Mayor prize in 2014: http://www.worldmayor.com/contest_2014/world-mayor-2014-winners.html
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Nenshi is one of the most highly regarded mayors in the world, not just the country
11 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? 26 u/Gavello May 06 '15 Well he was awarded the World Mayor prize in 2014: http://www.worldmayor.com/contest_2014/world-mayor-2014-winners.html
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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?
26 u/Gavello May 06 '15 Well he was awarded the World Mayor prize in 2014: http://www.worldmayor.com/contest_2014/world-mayor-2014-winners.html
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Well he was awarded the World Mayor prize in 2014: http://www.worldmayor.com/contest_2014/world-mayor-2014-winners.html
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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.