Thu Apr 6, 2023 – 5:09 pm EDT
CALGARY, Alberta (LifeSiteNews) –– Amid a crime wave which has seen violent stabbings and the shooting death of a teenage girl, Calgary mayor Jyoti Gondek recently walked away from the podium after being asked by an independent journalist why she voted to defund the police just two years ago.
During a press conference put on by the province of Alberta on Tuesday to announce more funding for police in response to surging crime, The Counter Signal’s Keean Bexte asked Gondek to answer why in 2021, while serving as a city councilor, she voted in favor of cutting the city’s police budget by $20 million.
“Just a handful of months ago you were fighting tooth and nail against increasing the police budget and you were actively supporting defund the police rhetoric. I’m just wondering when you realized that police forces were not optional? Did it take the random stabbings, police officers getting killed to realize it was important to fund police departments?” railed Bexte.
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“How can Calgarians trust you when you flip-flop on basic issues like public safety?” added the journalist.
Instead of replying, Gondek
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