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This says near Stampede

https://calgaryherald.com/business/local-business/fairmont-hotels-resorts-build-second-hotel-calgary

Also, the rental vacancy has surged. The economics for new purpose built rentals are poor

Healthcare is a mess across Canada. Alberta metrics are middle of the pack. What is Danielle Smith supposed to do? Funding has increased far in excess of inflation plus population growth for decades

Can't do anything to politically to Bronconnier. Nenshi is still accountable to the electorate

Sell the all of the non-local distribution related assets and invest the proceeds

Agreed. He is no longer in politics while Nenshi remains

How much debt has Enmax taken on in that period? How much as Enmax distracted the City from other services? How much risk has Enmax added to city finances if, for example, its US foray does bad?

Bronconnier was Mayor for 6 years of the post 2004 period, Nenshi for 11, so he is ~2X as responsible

Subs and ships are a low volume, high mix business. The world likely can't support more than a handful of yards

Housing prices are unlikely to drop as much as expected in Toronto and Vancouver and I suspect the economy is shifting towards a commodities upcycle, less immigration driven growth and less government operational deficit driven growth.

Ottawa is surprisingly high as would have expected government cuts and student visa expiries to bite.

If Trump can cut off the cocaine flow from Colombia, maybe the quality of US movie and music production will increase

The real motivation is to keep Russian, Iranian and especially Chinese influence out of Venezuela. The US doesn't need the oil as much as does China. The secondary motivation is to hasten the collapse of Cuba. Beyond pride and voters in Florida, I'm unsure why the US would want to bring 10M poor...

Well he does bear more responsibility than any other Mayor as be reigned for about half of the post 2004 period. The McKnight water main break would have brought the need to replace Bearspaw to the forefront. I'm sure the UCP has oppo researchers searching for Nenshi's voting records and Council...