[wild goose chase]

Why hasn't Toronto got a Nenshi-type yet?

What's so great about Nenshi? He gets a lot of praise but then people draw a blank when asked what he's done specifically.

People seem to like him, thought I just looked up his approval rating and it has gone down. We are a diverse city, yet we only elect white guys as mayor....

this is more recognition, and from last year, but...

Calgary’s Naheed Nenshi declared world’s top mayor

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/02/03/calgarys-naheed-nenshi-declared-worlds-top-mayor.html

What about "Hurricane" Hazel, who saw her city through over a generation? She was pretty popular and wasn't she like the longest serving mayor in the world at some point, or at least, close to it?

 

[King of Kensington]

So what has Nenshi done that's so incredible?

 

[Videodrome]

Back when city council selected one of their own to be mayor, William Peyton Hubbard did become deputy mayor, in 1906 and 1907. He became the first non-White person elected to public office in any major city in Canada, starting in 1894. He would go on to win 14 more elections, when elections were an annual event. See link.

But in the megacity era, we have Lastman, Miller, Ford and now Tory.

 

[JWBF]

So what has Nenshi done that's so incredible?

Hmmm... non-white, non-Christian elected into a Conservative-Wild Rose-Republican Christian stronghold?

Nenshi for one was working side by side with people in the 2013 flooding, and just doesn't promote himself as one of the "folks" but acts like it unlike former mayor Ford, which of course leads to Nenshi promoted as the "good example" to Ford's "cautionary tale".

 

[adma]

Why hasn't Toronto got a Nenshi-type yet?

We already had David Miller, if that counts.

 

[Armour]

So what has Nenshi done that's so incredible?

Eaten an entire Delissio in one sitting.

 

[Armour]

People seem to like him, thought I just looked up his approval rating and it has gone down. We are a diverse city, yet we only elect white guys as mayor....

So? What bearing does one's race hold on their ability to do a job/perform a task? Diversity for the sake of diversity is an asinine notion.

 

[Videodrome]

No, but with our diversity, we have a surprising lack of visible minorities who run for mayor.

 

[Armour]

No, but with our diversity, we have a surprising lack of visible minorities who run for mayor.

White people basically are a visible minority these days. Go into a shopping mall and count how many of them you see vs. non-white people.

 

[King of Kensington]

No, but with our diversity, we have a surprising lack of visible minorities who run for mayor.

Unfortunately Olivia Chow ran a terrible campaign.

 

[wild goose chase]

We already had David Miller, if that counts.

In what way was Miller like Nenshi?

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

Unfortunately Olivia Chow ran a terrible campaign.

And was a terrible candidate to begin with.

Why are people hating on Nenshi? I suggest reading through his wikipedia page if you are unfamiliar with his list of accomplishments. Of particular note was the leadership role he demonstrated during the 2013 floods.

 

[riffraff]

What's so great about Nenshi? He gets a lot of praise but then people draw a blank when asked what he's done specifically.

One of the first things Nenshi did after his first elelction was to go, quite literally across the street from city hall. to introduce himself to the Aboriginal community residents. It was the first time that had ever happened. He invited them to visit city hall, learn how it works and to apply for jobs listing the range of work opportunities cities offer.

He was also quick to call out Harper on his Islamaphobia and noted that he could be one of the Muslim Canadians the HarperCons proposed could be deported or blocked from returning to Canada in their election campaign AND he did this in the Heart of the Harper Homeland.

 

[riffraff]

So? What bearing does one's race hold on their ability to do a job/perform a task? Diversity for the sake of diversity is an asinine notion.

Of course, white male hegemony is so much better for everyone else.

 

[Videodrome]

http://news.yahoo.com/kansas-uncertain-state-finances-weighs-lawmakers-152423995.html

One example of a low tax budget created by fiscal conservatives.

Jennifer Pagliaro @jpags
Cho has served as councillor under *five* mayors. He says Tory, who's here now, is the "best." Giving long, impassioned speech about him.