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February 14, 2024

Just say 'no' to Nenshi

The megalomaniacal former Calgary mayor would make a poor choice for Alberta NDP leader

CALGARY — The race to succeed Rachel Notley as Alberta NDP leader is heating up, with three high-profile MLAs announcing runs over the past week. Yet the biggest name cited as a possible contender for the job, former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi, remains on the sidelines for now.

Nenshi, who’s never been formally affiliated with the party, said at the start of the month that he’d been “listening to a lot of pitches” from NDP insiders and other Albertans about entering race. He sent rumours about his potential candidacy into overdrive a few days later, with an impassioned speech calling out Premier Danielle Smith at a protest over the premier’s new gender identity policies.

The notion of the urbane Nenshi taming Alberta provincial politics — historically a political Wild West dominated by populist gunslingers like Smith and three-term premier Ralph Klein — has already caught fire with media elites outside of the province.

But Nenshi taking the Alberta NDP’s top job would be a terrible idea for a number of reasons.

First, no matter what party he aligns himself with, Nenshi will always
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/just-say-no-to-nenshi

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THE GREAT RESET: I'VE CONNECTED THE DOTS. NOW CANADIANS NEED TO CONNECT THE CONSEQUENCES.

By Rich Angel | Wake Up Canada News

After years investigating Canada's gold reserves, Brookfield, Mark Carney, the World Economic Forum, our pensions, wars, digital banking and foreign ownership, I've reached a disturbing conclusion.

We're witnessing a massive transfer and concentration of economic power, and most Canadians are being shown the individual pieces instead of the entire picture.

Here's how I watched it unfold.

FIRST, THE FINANCIAL FOUNDATION.

Canada spent decades selling virtually all its official gold reserves. Our wealth became increasingly dependent on financial markets, investments and international institutions.

THEN CAME THE CRISIS YEARS.

In 2020, the World Economic Forum publicly promoted its Great Reset. Governments accelerated digital services, while the pandemic exposed how quickly emergency powers could reshape everyday life.

In 2022, the Freedom Convoy bank freezes demonstrated that access to money could be restricted through extraordinary ...

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