Andrew Knack — election-night / mayor-elect remarks (Global News, Oct 2025)

Global News, "Andrew Knack to be the next mayor of Edmonton" (Oct 20/21 2025).

Signature "no ideology" line (the clearest statement of his post-ideological pragmatism): - "They want people who are going to listen to all Edmontonians. It doesn't matter if you're on the right or on the left or in the center. There is no right-wing way to clear snow off the streets. There's no left-wing way to cut our grass. We just have to work together as humans."

Other direct quotes: - "After a long, long wait, it is official: Edmonton chose independent leadership with real solutions that will move us to a stronger city together." - "This campaign was fueled by passion, grit, and tenacity. Everyday Edmontonians spoke loud and clear: choosing optimism and hope over big money and party politics." - "I think we saw a very clear rejection of party politics in Edmonton right now."

Reading: "no left-wing way to cut our grass" is the thesis in his own mouth — governance reframed as apolitical service delivery, which is precisely how neoliberal management launders the political content out of who-pays / who-suffers decisions.

Original source: https://globalnews.ca/news/11487865/andrew-knack-edmonton-mayor/ Retrieved: 2026-07-04