It's just a different donor list, the "rich" were still involved, it's just rhetoric that Smith was in pockets, Nenshi is just in different pockets.

The rich largely paid off Nenshi's $300K legal bill (for tax benefit), his $400K campaign in 2013, current examples of Nenshi's donors include a developer who was shot 6 times outside his $7.7M mansion in his Rolls Royce for supposedly bilking 2200 investors of $180M

do your research folks.

Sad state of affairs that hundreds of thousands are needed to run for a municipal election.

http://www.metronews.ca/news/calgary/2014/03/04/calgary-campaign-spending-reaching-insane-levels-mayor-naheed-nenshi.html

http://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/mamdani-mondays-election-isnt-about-businesses-its-about-whats-good-for-the-city

http://calgaryherald.com/business/local-business/shot-six-times-controversial-ceo-doesnt-know-of-enemies-whod-want-him-dead