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Originally Posted by O-tacular
Murray Edwards is a greedy, tax evading scumbag for sure. I know all about his residence in London. Wasn’t another element of his moving there to do with K.D. Lang stealing his wife though? In any case his greed is what will keep the Flames here. They are one of the most lucrative teams in the league in a proven market. Furthermore, his ownership group doesn’t just own the Flames, they own the Stamps and the Roughnecks too. Unless they plan on moving those aswell, moving the Flames doesn’t make a lot of sense as they get tons of advertising and corporate money being the only sports franchise owners in Calgary. Their last big threat was moving to Seattle. That was clearly a bluff.
Just because Edmontonians were foolish enough to let Katz bend them over a barrel doesn’t mean we are.
Nice passive aggressive comment about the team right behind the Lightning in points having a “pseudo ‘decent’ season”. They haven’t had a season like this since they won the cup in ‘89. Quit being bitter because your team has no vision, no leadership and no future while Katz owns them. McJesus couldn’t save them all on his own.
The comment about billionaires was in response to another post calling the ownership group millionaires.
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No matter what their net worth is, I would hardly call a person who has given over $17 million to various causes a scumbag.
Giving History
Philanthropic donor gives primarily to educational and healthcare causes. Lifetime giving exceeds $17 million. Recipients include: the University of Saskatchewan, the University of Manitoba, the University of Calgary and Alberta Children's Hospital. Chairman of the N. Murray Edwards Charitable Foundation. In 2013, the foundation had assets exceeding $21 million and donated more than $700,000; gives primarily to educational, healthcare and social causes. At the University of Toronto, along with four others, he endowed the Chair in Law and Economics. In 2003, he established the N. Murray Edwards Market Information Centre at the Haskayne School of Business, which provides real time financial information for business students and faculty.
Not to mention his investments in developing technology to prevent climate change, partnering with Bill Gates:
Interesting Facts
Bill Gates and Edwards had stake worth $10 million in Carbon Engineering, a Canadian geo-engineering company with an air capture process to manage the carbon emissions in the atmosphere.
https://www.wealthx.com/dossier/norman-murray-edwards/
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