Apparently Ignatieff is too right wing for some Albertans
Ian | 1 July, 2009 | 14:54The following was taken after the Silly Summer Canada Day Parade on Whyte Avenue that Michael Ignatieff was rumoured to show up in, but didn’t end up making an appearance (local NDP representatives Rachel Notley and Linda Duncan sported hockey sticks and cheered to the crowd).
This follows a Liberal 10%er that I promise to upload in the next few days.
Update: As mentioned by Daveberta in the comments and seen on the Edmonton Journal’s photo gallery, Ignatieff was in the parade.
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Alberta+election+rules+report/1749282/story.html
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Ignatieff appears to be pictured in some sort of Edmonton Silly Summer parade here: http://twitpic.com/8yyew
Maybe you missed him?
Weird, I saw the whole parade from Walkabout Pub and didn’t see a single Grit walk by. Perhaps they joined half way up Whyte or something? It felt like the parade was short (but I am used to Calgary Stampede Parades).
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Ian: I was in the parade with the EBC, just behind the Liberal Party’s march (you can actually see one of our members – Sarah, I think her name is – in the link Dave posted. Just before we left Whyte, we overtook them (due to parade flow being split by medians, the order got shuffled up). I didn’t get a good look at them while they were behind us, but as we were passing, Iggy was certainly there. I didn’t see anyone join after it started, so he was probably there the whole time and you just missed him. (Understandable – they were all wearing white and just marching, with nothing distinctive except Iggy to call attention to their group.)
By the time we had stopped and began to coordinate our after-parade plans, the Liberals had already dispersed into the crowd at the end-of-parade party. I’d heard several of our members talking about standing there and staring at him, forcing him to shift his eyes uncomfortably elsewhere, but I didn’t partake (as I was helping set up the facilities at the bike shop).
I was walking the parade WITH Michael Ignatieff so you can’t tell me he didn’t show up.
I HAVE PICTURES TO PROVE IT.
http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs180.snc1/6773_217717105205_700275205_7506559_8097464_n.jpg
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs200.snc1/6773_217717115205_700275205_7506560_5663625_n.jpg
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs200.snc1/6773_217718765205_700275205_7506562_6020957_n.jpg
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs200.snc1/6773_217722245205_700275205_7506626_3192909_n.jpg
http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs200.snc1/6773_217722305205_700275205_7506630_248629_n.jpg
So yeah, You can’t tell me he didn’t attend
I saw him from the sidelines as well. He and the whole Lib continent were drab and uninspired… pretty typical. They got little attention from the crowd and the whole endeavour did little for them. Typical for the Libs. He should have campaignd in Sask or Man where they have a shot at a seat.