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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I think we can all agree that it’s completely off-base to compare the chief of staff of a premier and the chief of staff of a mayor.
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I would echo that. To me, city council staff (outside of elected councillors) seem more administrative to me. Nenshi being a prominent figure in alberta politics ups that ante a bit (I know they are more than administrative, but politicking in city politics is far different than provincial)
I also largely agreed with the sentiment in the alberta thread that staff is not as big of a deal - I was concerned about Kenneys chief of staff skipping the travel ban to go to the UK, more so than he travelled - as they aren’t policy makers.
Whether he is being admirable or exercising realpolitik, nenshi’s presser was far better than kenneys initial one. Didn’t blame the liberals (or UCP) over the rules. Didn’t talk about supporting WestJet. Didn’t deny knowing about the travel; said he approved it; and he took more accountability for it and said he wasn’t going to save his own skin by blaming someone else.
Don’t take this as me defending the COS’s decision to travel nor nenshis to ok it though