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Originally Posted by Slava
I haven’t had a chance to read all the stuff here, so I’m just wondering. Wasn’t the scheme to get Nenshi involved and take a bribe? If Chu didn’t know, that doesn’t seem that bad? What am I missing?
(And yeah, Chu might not have a great reputation, but that alone doesn’t necessarily mean he was involved in this planning)
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That he didn't know of the scheme just means he's not in the loop. He's not pulling the strings.
But then he fell for the trap. He went out of his way to woo these Russian oligarchs. That's bad. Like, really bad. As Nenshi said on Calgary Eyeopener the other day, council is supposed to let CED deal with trade commissions - Magliocca and Chu have never hosted an economic summit before. Wallace was trying to get Nenshi to skip over the proper channels and process but he didn't take the bait.
In essence, the trap was set for Nenshi, but Chu and Magliocca got caught in it instead.