Calgary Grit

Category: Calgary Municipal Politics

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Stampede to the Polls: Naheed Nenshi

    Previous Profiles:Ric McIverKent Hehr In the third instalment of my 484 part series profiling Calgary mayoral candidates, I look at a man who has been writing about how Calgary should be run for many years. And he’s finally decided to do something about it. Naheed NenshiAbout Naheed: Naheed is a professor, a Harvard graduate, and […]

  • Stampede to the Polls: Kent Hehr Profile

    Previous profile:Ric McIver For whatever reason, the city that burns Pierre Trudeau in effogy and hasn’t elected a federal Liberal since 1968 has a habit of puting Liberals in charge. Dave Broconnier ran for the federal Liberals before making a run for mayor. His predecessor Al Duerr was openly Liberal. Even Mayor Ralph Klein mused […]

  • Stampede to the Polls: Ric McIver Profile

    If I’m going to earn the right to keep the “Calgary” prefix on this blog’s name, I feel it’s my responsibility to cover Calgary politics. As such, I begin the first of my 764 part series, profiling the gaggle of candidates vying to replace Dave Bronconnier as Mayor of Calgary. Sadly, with Craig Chandler siting […]

  • 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 […]

  • This Week in Calgary – Wild Race in Cowtown!

    Ever since a down-to-earth reporter stunned everyone 30 years ago, Calgary’s incumbent mayors have enjoyed cake walk after cake walk to re-election. They do their 3 or 4 terms, then ride off on horseback into the sunset, setting off a feeding frenzy to replace them. So welcome to the feeding frenzy. Dave Bronconnier announced in […]

  • Calgary Votes

    And vote they did. With nearly twice as many voters casting ballots as in 2004, there were some very encouraging results from the municipal election last night. Brian Pincott, the new ward 11 alderman, will be a breath of fresh air on council. Three incumbent aldermen went down in defeat – a truly shocking result […]

  • Go Vote!

    Monday is municipal Election Day and, after fewer than 1 in 5 Calgarians voted in the last municipal election, I’d encourage all my Calgary readers to take a few minutes from their time to cast a ballot. Hell, if you’re surfing blogs right now, you can’t use the “I’m too busy” excuse. Since the City […]

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