The mystery of a gold-coloured cat perched in the office of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is now a full-on hissing match.
It began in the house last week, when Opposition NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi publicly accused Smith of questionable judgment for accepting lavish gifts from foreign leaders, including a “giant golden cat.”
A statue of a gold-coloured feline can be seen in the background of a picture sent out by Smith’s office on social media and has since become a popular internet meme, with the critter even hopping up on Smith’s lap to be petted in one false, manufactured video.
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Smith’s chief of staff Rob Anderson has since weighed in on social media to say the “infamous” cat is made of copper — not gold — and is, in his words, worth “a few hundred dollars.”
Anderson says the cat was a gift given to the province during a visit from Saudi Arabia’s energy minister in 2023 and is on display in the premier’s Calgary office.
Anderson says Nenshi’s criticism just shows he’s not fit to lead, and he dismisses those who think there is anything lavish or untoward about the cat statue as conspiracy loving tinfoil-hat wearers.
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Obviously Nenshi isn’t fit to lead. Look at the mess he left Calgarians in, regarding their infrastructure.
Yikes, the cat is worth a few hundred dollars. No wonder that the NDP is upset. No one even gave the NDP some spare change when they were in power…
Nenshi clearly has lost it,to complain about something as silly as that copper cat painted gold and that is who some disillusioned people think he could be alberta Premier,good lord look at how his useless brain works.premier Smith is the best we have had in Alberta and we need her actions to continue to put our province first and foremost number one priority.
We should give Mayor Naheed Nenshi a water tap
There seem to be 2 statues in the background. One is too dark to make out what it is, and the bright golden one is rather blurry. From one angle its looks more like a horse than a cat. Does a clear photo of this cat exist? If truly gold, it would be quite expensive, no matter what it is.