A report by three high-profile academics with expertise in public opinion research who were commissioned to look into polling failures that marred the 2017 Calgary municipal election campaign sharply criticizes the role of the city’s media in covering and sponsoring the polls. Christopher Adams of the University of Manitoba, Paul
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Calgary Grit: Persons of the Year
Every December, I like to name a “Person of the Year” – the individual who left their mark on Canadian politics over the past year. The only rules are that the PM is too obvious a choice, and that lame picks (“You!”) are strictly verboten. The Person of the Year
Continue readingCalgary Grit: Alberta Envy
From downtown Toronto, things aren’t looking so bad in “redneck” Alberta these days… Don Iveson is 34, supports public transit and the arts – and is Edmonton’s new mayor. …and this guy just got re-elected with over 75% of the vote.
Continue readingCalgary Grit: After Miracle Victory in 2010, Nenshi Almost Unbeatable in 2013
Nenshi could come out as an Argos fan and still win the next election in a cakewalk. I expect this will be my only blog post on the 2013 Calgary Mayoral election. That’s because, despite recent rumblings about a bid by talk radio titan Dave Rutherford, Naheed Nenshi appears to
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