Mayors Naheed Nenshi, Don Iveson take questions on CBC radio

Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi and Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson joined host Donna McElligott on alberta@noon Thursday over the lunch hour.

Albertansasked the mayors some questions.Here are some of their most memorable answers:

Nenshi

• On watching the playoffs:"Enjoy the game in community. Watch it in your neighbourhood, watch with it with your friends," he said. "As the weather continues to be nice, haul the TV onto the lawn and havea block party."
• Oneducation funding:"A well-funded, decent system of universalpublic education where every kid has the opportunity to have an outstanding educationfor free ...is fundamental to our democracy and our community, and not enough people are saying that."
• "Is Bubbles his first name or his last name?" said Nenshi when asked about the character fromTrailer Park Boys criticizing Calgary for its plan to close Midfield Mobile Park. "I'm just not 100 per cent convincedthat Mr. Bubbles knows the full back story."
• On synchronizingtraffic lights in Calgary: "Ah, this is the eternal question," said Nenshi. "Ialways say that forthose who don't believe that the synchronization works, think back to the time after the flood when we actually lost our traffic management centre and you saw the traffic lights losing a couple of seconds everyday because thesynchronization actually has to be constant."

Iveson

• On pollution inEdmonton:"More than80 per centelectricitycomes from coal-fired generation and thatmay work for today, may have worked for the last 50 years, but it's notgoing to work forever in thefuture if one of the unintended consequences of that is serious air quality issues."
• Onallowingback lanerestaurants onWhyte Avenue: "I'm aware of some examples of that in other cities that have been phenomenallysuccessful. I'd be very open to looking at that," said Iveson. "I think it would add realvibrancy to the area."
• On no longer allowing the homeless to sleep in the Edmonton Public Library: "The library cannot be the dayshelterof last resort. That's just one more download on the city, one more failure to address to some of the deep social challenges."

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