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To: Brumar89 who wrote (922269)	2/19/2016 9:17:49 PM
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'He’s a Texan, not a fellow Albertan': Canadians quick to disavow Ted Cruz For many from Texas senator’s birthplace of Calgary, the prospect of a hometown boy becoming 45th US president is not a badge of honour but a mark of shame Ted Cruz Ted Cruz lived in the Calgary until he was four, while his Canadian mother and Cuban-American father worked in Alberta’s oil and gas sector. Photograph: Andrew Burton/Getty Images Omar Mouallem in Edmonton Thursday 4 February 2016 13.49 EST Last modified on Friday 5 February 2016 15.58 EST Last year, Naheed Nenshi, the mayor of Canada’s energy capital Calgary, Alberta, appeared on MSNBC to promote the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. But before he could get to his points, the host pointed out that Calgary was home to a US presidential candidate. “I am the the mayor of the birthplace of Ted Cruz,” admitted Nenshi. “And we’re real proud of it.” There was more than a hint of sarcasm in his voice. Approving Keystone might be the only thing the Muslim mayor and the evangelical Texas senator who wants to “carpet bomb” the Middle East would agree on. And while Alberta has been called “Texas of the North” – and Calgary “a frigid Dallas” – the prospect that the 45th US president may be a hometown boy is more often a mark of shame than a badge of honour. Where was Ted Cruz born and does it matter for his presidential bid? Read more Cruz lived in the city until he was four, while his mother – who later took out Canadian citizenship – and Cuban-American father worked in Alberta’s oil and gas sector. In the US, Cruz’s birthplace has been the subject of debate among both his rivals and constitutional scholars, but in Canada’s north few had paid attention to the matter until the senator’s surprise victory at the Republican Iowa caucus this week. “I’m a bit shocked and disappointed in the people of Iowa,” says Mary Eggermont-Molenaar – who was shocked herself to learn last year that for the past 30 years she’s lived in the Republican frontrunner’s childhood home. “It was a sombre night in Casa Cruz.” Eggermont-Molenaar, a Dutch immigrant, is a staunch socialist, but Cruz’s far-right politics rarely resonate even among Alberta’s conservatives. “I’m horrified that he’s even associated with Canada,” says Dan St Pierre, a politically active conservative in the capital, Edmonton. “To be perfectly blunt I think Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are batshit crazy. The upside, says St Pierre, is he doubts many Albertans know his name, let alone that he was born there. If Cruz was quick to disavow his Alberta roots, many Albertans have been quicker to disavow him. __________________