Naheed Nenshi and his Alberta NDP leadership team didn’t intend to organize a rally on Tuesday.
They’d put out calls for a volunteer orientation, for a group largely composed of people who’d supported his mayoral campaigns — but knew little of NDP membership sales, and had just become party members themselves.
Five hundred people showed up, Nenshi said.
The buzz in the room reminded him of the final days of his first run for mayor, 14 years ago. A virtually unknown business professor and pundit had suddenly vaulted to the top of the pack in a crowded race, and support was growing atop
