That Will Teach Them
The Canadians elected a Conservative government and what happens?
Campbell of Canada starts selling Islamic food.
Today the CBC reports that Calgary chooses Nenshi as new mayor
Civic activist and business professor Naheed Nenshi became Calgary’s next mayor in a thrilling come-from-behind victory that kept voters in suspense late into Monday night.
Nenshi, 38, defeated longtime news anchor Barb Higgins and longtime alderman Ric McIver, who earned the nickname “Dr. No” from his critics for opposing many initiatives.
Nenshi is the first Muslim elected to lead a major Canadian city, an attribute he said was not a major issue in the campaign.
“I haven’t shied away from anything in this campaign,” Nenshi said Tuesday. “And issues of race and religion have not come up very much — except, frankly, by the media.
Of course the beachhead was established when the CBC started airing Little Mosque on the Prairie [BTW, Fox is talking about producing a version of the show for the US market].
Sure, they say they are conservatives, but they don’t actually tell you what kind of conservatives, do they? You are aware that the second largest shareholder in News Corp, the Fox parent company, is a Saudi Prince?
[If anyone is in doubt – no, I’m not being serious, but everything in it is true. The wingnuts OTOH will take this seriously. As the mayor-elect says, the media are the only people who really care.]
