Taking aim at the premier for the city not scoring enough photo radar cash.<\/p>\n
Wanting more dough to fix the water pipe debacle, something the council where Nenshi and Farkas were members did not fix.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s politics.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s run-of-the-mill stuff.<\/p>\n
But Farkas, he got himself noticed.<\/p>\n
He took to social media on X and put Smith her in place.<\/p>\n
And just after the start of Nenshi\u2019s Friday rally, and just before the start of a press conference with the premier, Farkas gathered newshounds together and dropped his political bombs<\/a>.<\/p>\n Smith\u2019s referendum question was \u201cB.S.\u201d<\/p>\n She was showing \u201ca ridiculous lack of leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n This referendum was \u201ca huge sideshow distraction.\u201d<\/p>\n He went on about \u201cstorm clouds on the horizon.\u201d<\/p>\n What would Farkas do if he was the premier?<\/p>\n Well, he couldn\u2019t call for a clear Yes\/No question on Alberta remaining in Canada or leaving Canada, as requested by a whole lot of petition signatures.<\/p>\n A lower court judge appointed by the federal government when it was led by prime minister Justin Trudeau said that Yes\/No question was going nowhere because First Nations were not consulted and the Smith government is appealing.<\/p>\n Farkas doesn\u2019t like the Smith question where it\u2019s two choices for Albertans in October.<\/p>\n Vote for Alberta to remain in Canada or vote to have the Alberta government jump through all the legal hurdles to hold a vote on whether or not Alberta stays in Canada.<\/p>\n Smith warns the second choice could well take a few years.<\/p>\n Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks at a press conference at McDougall Centre in Calgary on the referendum question asking whether or not Alberta should separate from Canada on Friday, May 22, 2026.<\/p>\n Farkas says he wants certainty. It sure sounds like he wants no referendum question, a position he would share with his BFF Nenshi.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s be clear. The Calgary mayor has the right to say what he thinks. Free speech and all that.<\/p>\n But a question, a big question.<\/p>\n What do Calgarians get out of this latest Farkas entry into the ring with Smith?<\/p>\n When he\u2019s fighting for more money from the provincial government for Calgary, that\u2019s a good reason to tangle with Smith.<\/p>\n When Calgary is being short-changed by the Smith government, go for it.<\/p>\n Farkas told us he\u2019s for Canada. Good.<\/p>\n His blast on the referendum question? Smith has gotten blasted a lot on that one and from much bigger sorts.<\/p>\n Farkas adds nothing to the debate.<\/p>\n Is it to help out his political ally Nenshi who has his own political trials and tribulations these days?<\/p>\n Is the dropping of the gloves to get Farkas in better with the self-styled progressives, since most of them did not vote for Farkas even when he made his best efforts to tell them he was a changed man?<\/p>\n Yes, Farkas was elected last October largely by those who thought he was the old anti-establishment Farkas battling Nenshi and the city council majority.<\/p>\n He isn\u2019t. I championed Farkas many times when he was a councillor. You\u2019d think I\u2019d know.<\/p>\n Former mayor Naheed Nenshi and with then-city councillor Jeremy Farkas at a press conference on June 20, 2018.<\/p>\n Is Farkas hoping if Nenshi falters and Smith wins the next election maybe Farkas could be the NDP leader? The NDP seem fine with leaders who are not NDPers.<\/p>\n And he hates Smith enough for the job.<\/p>\n Oh, Farkas threw some of you a bone with the repeal of blanket rezoning<\/a> because he would have been crucified for doing otherwise.<\/p>\n He lowered the planned increase of the city property tax but only by moving money from other city hall stashes of cash.<\/p>\n He will throw a few more bones but make no mistake.<\/p>\n You should know who Farkas hangs with these days.<\/p>\n Just sayin\u2019.<\/p>\n![\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/73e7cf58b46a9cd493f15ae3f33dd4f0.jpeg\"\/)
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