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Tale of two cities - 卡尔加里选了穆斯林市长，多伦多选了伏特。

iron(swim, bike & run)

In the wake of this month's civic elections, Calgary and Toronto have received a lot of attention -- Calgary for electing Naheed Nenshi, the city's first Muslim mayor; Toronto for the election of Rob Ford, who hails from the right.

And consider: in the House of Commons, all the political leaders outside Quebec hail from Calgary or Toronto too. But oddly, Toronto now seems to have a mayor more similar to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, while Calgary has a mayor that would be more at home with the liberal/social democratic leanings of Jack Layton and Michael Ignatieff.

A casual observer of Canadian politics might wonder if there was some mixup in the delivery room of the new mayors. Somehow, Calgarians got Toronto's mayor, and vice-versa. And what is it about Calgary and Toronto that makes them so dominant/interesting in politics these days? Theories welcome.

http://thestar.blogs.com/politics/2010/10/tale-of-two-cities.html

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枫下茶话 / 政治经济 / Tale of two cities - 卡尔加里选了穆斯林市长，多伦多选了伏特。 -iron(swim, bike & run); 2010-10-27 {882} (#6338372@0)
In the wake of this month's civic elections, Calgary and Toronto have received a lot of attention -- Calgary for electing Naheed Nenshi, the city's first Muslim mayor; Toronto for the election of Rob Ford, who hails from the right.

And consider: in the House of Commons, all the political leaders outside Quebec hail from Calgary or Toronto too. But oddly, Toronto now seems to have a mayor more similar to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, while Calgary has a mayor that would be more at home with the liberal/social democratic leanings of Jack Layton and Michael Ignatieff.

A casual observer of Canadian politics might wonder if there was some mixup in the delivery room of the new mayors. Somehow, Calgarians got Toronto's mayor, and vice-versa. And what is it about Calgary and Toronto that makes them so dominant/interesting in politics these days? Theories welcome.
http://thestar.blogs.com/politics/2010/10/tale-of-two-cities.html

没有百分之百满意的候选人，换了smitherman当选更多的人不高兴。 -baalinca(15.22_64.8); 2010-10-27 (#6338400@0)
hahaha, yes, I have the similar feeling about the result of these 2 cities election, totally break all the stereotype about the citizens in Toronto and in Calgary, weird and strange, LOL -table(桌子来了); 2010-10-27 (#6338401@0)
哈哈，穆斯林象自由党？你不是开玩笑吧。穆斯林搞同性恋会被石头打死的。 -firetrain(火车头); 2010-10-27 (#6338424@0)

是你在开玩笑。他是一个liberal市长，不代表他是自由党的，更不代表他就一定支持同性恋（或按你的话说要搞同性恋）。市长和市议员是不需要有明确的党派的。 -iron(swim, bike & run); 2010-10-27 (#6338456@0)

麻烦你把名词解释清楚。什么liberal不是自由党，什么自由党不支持同性恋，什么没党派的市议员地下党，乱七八糟，想说明啥？说明你们在卡尔加里胜选了？很阿Q嘛 -firetrain(火车头); 2010-10-27 (#6338480@0)

Don't put words into my mouth. Go figure out "liberal" vs. "Liberal" yourself. -iron(swim, bike & run); 2010-10-27 (#6338494@0)

好吧，这个词是狗最先说的。 -firetrain(火车头); 2010-10-27 (#6338515@0)

是，今日metro政版卡通也是画这个的。物极必反吧，苗大为作(zuo1)得太出圈了；卡加利以前是谁？红脖子大概也搞得天翻地覆，选民烦了，所以换台 -w4b(Watch for Beauty); 2010-10-27 {95} (#6338448@0)

Nice one! ;-) -iron(swim, bike & run); 2010-10-27 (#6338462@0)

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Tale of two cities - 卡尔加里选了穆斯林市长，多伦多选了伏特。

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