Calgarians are being asked to keep their showers under 3 minutes as Stage 4 water restrictions take hold across the city. It didn't have to be this way.
An independent investigation found that report after report and warning after warning were sent to then Mayor Naheed Nenshi. The head of the city's water utility told the investigator he raised the concerns personally and directly with the mayor.
3 minute showers are only the beginning. Within a few years Calgarians will be paying more than $200 a month for water alone, the price of a decade of neglect.
When reporters asked Mr. Nenshi this week about those warnings, his answer was simple: "I don't recall them specifically."
Nenshi hid information from Calgary City council about the problems with Calgary’s water utility…and then underfunded infrastructure repairs in favour of his vanity projects (blue ring, Bowfort Towers, etc)
And now Calgarians get 3 minute showers and higher water bills.
Oh and it’s Grey Cup week - so that should go over well. Well done Mister Mayor!
Today's report on Calgary's water is absolutely devastating for Nenshi.
In January, he blamed City Staff for everything, claiming he and Council were never told.
It turns out he was told and his office debated it, but he never told Council.
So now, he says he doesn't remember.
After years of water system failures, flooding and property damage, a new independent report raises serious questions about what the former mayor of Calgary, and Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi knew and what he did about it.
Nenshi was briefed on the concerns, yet the warnings never made it to city council.
Years later, Calgarians are dealing with the disastrous Bearspaw water main failures, not once, but twice.
Residents were forced to boil their water and ration their water use. Meanwhile, the man who led Calgary for 11 years has blamed everyone but himself.
Now, Calgary families are facing water bills projected to DOUBLE over the next three years, exceeding $200 per month.
Nenshi wants to lead Alberta. He can’t even keep water running for Calgarians.
BREAKING After years of water system failures, flooding and property damage, a new independent report raises serious questions about what the former mayor of Calgary, and Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi knew and what he did about it.
Nenshi was briefed on the concerns, yet the warnings never made it to city council.
Years later, Calgarians are dealing with the disastrous Bearspaw water main failures, not once, but twice.
Residents were forced to boil their water and ration their water use. Meanwhile, the man who led Calgary for 11 years has blamed everyone but himself.
Now, Calgary families are facing water bills projected to DOUBLE over the next three years, exceeding $200 per month.
Nenshi wants to lead Alberta. He can’t even keep water running for Calgarians.
BREAKING: Nenshi’s office ignored dire warnings that caused Calgary water chaos. When water main issues were put on Nenshi's desk, he shrugged, and deliberately withheld information from city council. The NDP leader should resign.
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The Alberta NDP have spent the last few months criticizing the UCP for meeting with Albertans in their living rooms. Now they're charging Albertans $500 for the opportunity to meet their own leader in a PERSONAL HOME.
Oof. Talk about being out of touch.
You cant make this up!
Danielle Smith just stood up in the Legislature and claimed that Jeff Rath, separatist leader, (?) lawyer for the Alberta Property Project and Proud UCP member who featured predominantly at the last...
UCP AGM.
Is "actually an NDP supporter"
Legit quote.
And here is the first NDP MLA opposing the UCP’s “End DEI in the public sector” law.
He wants folks to be given preference based on their physical characteristics…brutal