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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
But you are a suburb of Calgary though. If the majority of people who live in High River worked in High River, different discussion. Since most work in Calgary, it is in effect a suburb. It just has a more rural setting, but the people don’t deal with the typical rural setting, namely one that is predominantly white and predominantly Christian. They deal with multiculturalism every single day, unlike most who live in rural settings.
The second paragraph is a promo for the Wildrose/slamming the PCs, so I’m glad you appreciate what Danielle is doing for you. I find her to be a very weak leader who passed on the chance to dismiss her bigoted candidates in the last election in favour of “they have the right to say it” (of note: She is a former Ted Morton supporter, noted former PC bigot).
Anyways if I chose my words better in the beginning no one would have said anything. I shouldn’t have made it seem like I find all rural voters to hold those views. But look at the entirety of the political spectrum in both Canada and the US. If the candidate is against equal rights for some groups(or as they like to put it, believe in “traditional values”), are pro life, pro gun etc.. the odds are they’ll be from a rural district. Such a platform doesn’t play as well in urban areas. We have a textbook example involving the Wildrose, when a couple comments from its members doomed them to fewer seats in Calgary and Edmonton than the Liberals and NDP, but cost them very little in Southern Alberta, where the nearly swept.
So yes, not all people who live in rural areas are bigots; likewise there are people in urban areas who are racists, homophobes and even Oiler fans.
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We have a very large filopino community to works in local businesses and for Cargill. Then there's a huge segment of retired people that live here also. And yes we do have families that communte to Calgary to work but they are not as big a segment of this town as you might think. That being said we are not a suburb but a bedroom community as MarchHare correctly posted.
Danielle made a (rookie) mistake that may have cost her the election. I agree she should have given them the boot as soon as the comments were made. Since that time she has admitted to her errors and has promised to do a better job of vetting of candidates running in her party. That however doesn't make her a bigot.
Going forward my focus will be on what Danielle brings to the table come next election and can she convince Albertans to vote for a change. Time will tell on that and dispite what the polls says, we all know what happened last election..