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Originally Posted by OzSome
I don't think Calgary will follow suit just yet. The city namely Mayor Nenshi and his troops just love to make threat but back down on the day of deadline. Nenshi is starting to tick me off. It was because of him that those guys from Occupy Olympic Plaza wouldn't leave. None of them even know what the heck is Charter of Rights until he told the media. Now those guys thinks they know everything. Also, the city should stop making deadline to remove them at Olympic Plaza then back down. There is supposed to be a deadline to remove them by noon today and I wouldn't be surprise that nothing will happen again.
Enough of this already. I would like to be able to drive downtown and not see those freaking tents.
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Can't say I disagree, in my opinion the major fumble here was allowing two camps to exist under the "Occupy" banner. As soon as the tents started going up at the plaza the city should have been writing tickets and said "No, we have provided the St Patrick's Island area for this protest & if you set up tents anywhere else they will be removed"
But now this group has dug their heals in, hidden behind the charter and Nenshi has effectively been placed in a "dammend if you do, dammed if you don't" situation because of it.
If the weather doesn't get rid of these folks than we may just be stuck with a permanent tent city in downtown Calgary. The City is either out of cards to play, or doesn't have the stones to play them.