From: joe@nbc.com   
      
   Just the opposite with me: I will not vote again for nenshi   
      
   On Mon, 07 Sep 2015 15:26:33 -0600, morals trump wars   
    wrote:   
      
   > CBC News Posted: Sep 04, 2015   
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   > 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.   
   > [- - -]   
   >   
   > 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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   > https://canadiansituations.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/crimemi   
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