Learn English with Mayor Jason Perzi. In this episode, Mayor Jason Kenney speaks at a political rally in support of his good friend, Councillor George Chahal, who is running for re-election in Calgary s Ward 5.
00:00:00.000It's great to see so many folks here. I cannot believe that I'm standing in the back of a pickup truck.
00:00:13.000I feel very Jason Penny right now. Don't hear me say that often.
00:00:20.000But we are all here to support our good friend George Shaw.
00:00:27.000It's so great to see so many people here representing the diversity of Northeast Calgary, the final of Calgary's skyview.
00:00:35.000And of course, as we always do when we gather together, we remind ourselves that we gather on land where people have been gathering for many thousands of years.
00:00:44.000And today we honour the people who have started on this land.
00:00:49.000For thousands of years, people have been coming here to hunt and fish and gather, to dream, to dance, to live, to love, to fight sometimes, but ultimately to engage in that real act of building community.
00:01:06.000And today I hope that we're taking another important step in building our community.
00:01:12.000Now, as you all know, it's very uncommon for me to appear in a partisan political rally.
00:01:19.000I wear purple every day for a reason. It's red and blue.
00:01:25.000But I also believe that we are incredibly well served when we have extraordinary people willing to make the sacrifice to enter into public office.
00:01:35.000And that's why I'm thrilled to support great people who run for office.
00:01:40.000And I'd like to point out as well, speaking of great people running for office, that we're joined here by a number of my City Council colleagues.
00:01:46.000So we have Councillor Drew Farrell, Councillor Giancarlo Garra, Councillor Ward Sutherland, Councillor Jeff Davison, I think I saw Councillor Jackie Dondack out there.
00:01:58.000And ultimately, the great thing about City Council is that we don't always agree on everything.
00:02:05.000But what is really amazing to have all of my colleagues here today is the fact that all of us agree on one thing.
00:02:13.000And we agree on the fact that George Chahol has been an extraordinary City Council.
00:02:18.000He's been a colleague, he's been a joy to work with.
00:02:24.000And for those of us who live here in Northeast Calgary, we've seen the incredible changes that George has made as he's ably represented Ward 5.
00:02:34.000The other thing that I want to say is I spent a lot of my time working with other governments.
00:02:40.000Working with the government of Alberta, working with the government of Canada.
00:02:44.000And I need to tell you all that Calgary is not well served by the way we vote federally.
00:02:51.000One party takes us for granted, and the other party thinks there's no upside here.
00:02:57.000And Prime Minister Trudeau has said to me many, many times that the difference for him in having Kent Hare and Amarjeet Sohi around the table,
00:03:08.000and not having them around the table, has been extraordinary for the federal government's understanding of Alberta.
00:03:14.000It's very important that we as Calgarians ensure that we have representation in all federal governments, regardless of what colour they may be.
00:03:23.000Luckily, for us now, the choice is very easy.
00:03:28.000Because we do have an extraordinary candidate who's decided to put on the red t-shirt.