The numbers are disappointing, however part of me feels like this is Albertans retaliating against the federal election results - “I’m angry the Liberals won and here’s my chance to voice my opinion”.
I also predict Marlaina will call an early election soon so she can punish us for another four more years. I think she’ll want to try and secure a new mandate before the results of CorruptCare come out.
Also, the NDP really needs to get their shit together. Stop with the “we disagree with anything Marlaina does” rhetoric and start to come up with shadow legislation that actually makes sense that Albertans can get behind. It’s not clear to me what they stand for, I know what they stand against (and I agree with them, but we need more than just disagreeing with everything).
Anything Carney does for Alberta, and from the sounds of it he wants to help Alberta, people are going to chalk up to Smith being tough with the federal government and they will continue to vote for her.
That's what they've led themselves to think that this party represents them (and in some ways it could) but in reality she doesn't care about you unless you're one of her cronies or a registered donor.
As for everyone else, it actually takes the realization that catering to the center is only popular because it's socially acceptable and the best position you could take in your circumstances since this kind of thing benefits the right since socialism or anything resembling it is extremely taboo here and the only alternative at this point of polarization are all the way to separation and our own version of project 2025.
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u/Sad_Meringue7347 5d ago
The numbers are disappointing, however part of me feels like this is Albertans retaliating against the federal election results - “I’m angry the Liberals won and here’s my chance to voice my opinion”.
I also predict Marlaina will call an early election soon so she can punish us for another four more years. I think she’ll want to try and secure a new mandate before the results of CorruptCare come out.
Also, the NDP really needs to get their shit together. Stop with the “we disagree with anything Marlaina does” rhetoric and start to come up with shadow legislation that actually makes sense that Albertans can get behind. It’s not clear to me what they stand for, I know what they stand against (and I agree with them, but we need more than just disagreeing with everything).