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   CBC News Posted: Sep 04, 2015   
      
      
   Nenshi lashes out at Chris Alexander on refugee crisis   
   Calgary mayor says maybe it's time to bring back 'ministerial accountability'   
      
      
   Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi didn't pull any punches when asked about the   
   Syrian refugee crisis and the Canadian government's response.   
      
   He slammed the "talking points" about attacking ISIS as a solution to the   
   crisis and said Canadians are asking whether the airstrikes are working.   
      
   "No one is saying you bring in the refugees and that solves the whole   
   problem," he said.   
      
   "But regardless of all the rest of it, we have tens of thousands, hundreds of   
   thousands of desperate people, and we have a country that's known as being a   
   safe haven and we have to be able to do that."   
   Taking on the minister   
      
   He saved his strongest condemnation for Chris Alexander, the federal   
   immigration minister who was once a Canadian diplomat stationed in Afghanistan.   
      
   He lashed out at Alexander's blaming of the media for not bringing more   
   attention to the Syrian crisis, a comment that resulted in a strong backlash   
   against the minister.   
      
   "As if federal government policy should be based on what's on the cover of the   
   Calgary Sun or on Power & Politics every morning is ridiculous," Nenshi said.   
      
   "Minister Alexander should have been a star. He was an incredible diplomat. By   
   all accounts he's a brilliant man, but he's also the minister behind Bill   
   C-24, which I remind you means that me -- born at St. Mike's hospital in   
   downtown Toronto -- could    
   have my Canadian citizenship stripped," he said.   
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   Ministerial responsibility   
      
   Nenshi went on to lambaste the minister for preferring to "insult other   
   parties rather than answer questions," and said he wants an answer to just how   
   many Syrian refugees have come to Canada since the number "changes every day."   
      
   "If the minister can't answer those basic questions, well let's be blunt here.   
   We used to have a principle called ministerial responsibility, ministerial   
   accountability, that if the bureaucrats in your department are not doing a   
   great job, you take    
   responsibility," said Nenshi.   
      
   "It's been a long time since we've had that in Canada and maybe we need it   
   back."   
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   No "maybe" about it, Mayor Nenshi . . .  .   
      
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