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Originally Posted by OptimalTates
Well since the annoyance isn't about the money, Calgary's previous council unanimously passed a resolution that Calgary would formally oppose Bill 21. Even Farkas voted yes on this. Behind Chahal, Gondek was one of the champions of the resolution. Again if we ignore the money, informed voters knew of her vocal opposition to the bill so there should be no annoyance that she has remained consistent.
"Look at this person here saying very publicly she opposed Bill 21 before being elected and now after being elected she still does. Why can't she be like every other politician and flip flop after being elected?!"
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I disagree with Cliff in that it wasn't about the money. It wasn't about the
amount of money, but rather that
any amount of taxpayer money directed toward that was too much because that money wasn't given to the municipal government to use for that purpose. It wasn't until it was expressed that CoC would chip in money for the opposition that anyone really got their back up about it.
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Originally Posted by OptimalTates
Also it's not like she came up with the most recent idea herself. It was in response to a call-to-arms made to all cities by Brampton's mayor. Ignoring Quebec cities all of the other major Canadian cities have had their council or the mayor denounce the bill (regardless of financially supporting the lawsuit). That includes all ten largest municipalities outside of the province of Quebec including Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Hamilton, Kitchener, London and Victoria and heck even Kitchener is helping to fund it.
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Just because other municipalities are misappropriating their citizens' funds however they like doesn't mean Calgary should follow suit, even if it aligns with our ideology.