Mayor Naheed Nenshi says the authors of the Buffalo Doctrine need to “calm down.”.Nenshi said the type of rhetoric in the 6,000-word essay “doesn’t create jobs” – purportedly the number one priority for Calgary, the province, and all elected representatives of Alberta..Nenshi said he was “one hundred per cent focused… on rebuilding the economy in Alberta and building up quality of life for Calgarians,” intimating that other politicians were not as similarly inclined – but should be..Alberta CPC MPs Michelle Rempel Garner, Blake Richardson, Arnold Viersen, and Glen Motz, released a declaration Thursday about Alberta’s future in Confederation..Calling the rhetoric “overheated”, Nenshi said he wished politicians would focus on the need for job creation..Premier Jason Kenney refused to back the declaration when pointedly asked by reporters at a media scrum after Kenney announced $40 million in funding for Calgary’s Glenbow Museum on Friday February 21..Admitting that he had not read the declaration “in detail”, the premier said the Declaration “underscored the depth of frustration” in the province..The premier then went on to detail what his government was doing to address the concerns of Albertans – namely, with the government’s Fair Deal panel..Deirdre is a Senior Reporter with Western Standard.dmaclean@westernstandardonline.com, @Mitchell_AB on Twitter
