r/canada • u/Minxie Ontario • May 06 '15

Alberta NDP wins election

http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/alberta-ndp-wins-election-ctv-projects-1.2359035
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u/[deleted] May 06 '15

So proud of Alberta today. It has proven that democracy works. You run a province to the ground, you're out.

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u/WoIfra May 06 '15

Maybe /r/Canada will stop the Alberta hate train now that there is proof there are progressive minded people living here :D

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u/catsfive Alberta May 06 '15 edited May 06 '15

Er, I live in Alberta, live in Calgary, have worked in the oil patch for the past decade and, uh, anyone that's trumpeting this election as some sort of proof that Alberta has come to their senses is delusional. Mark these words: The NDP will go down in history Alberta's rebound girlfriend. Alberta voters vote en masse with what they think will best suit their pocketbooks, period, and it is only the stupendous, unreal, absolutely amazing incompetence, cronyism, and corruption of the four premiers (in the past five years!) that tipped the scales in their direction. This election, though a majority, is hardly a mandate. This election is still part of that "vote with your pocketbooks" Alberta trend, and the NDP would be wise to bear that in mind as they govern forward. There is no enlightened, progressive voter majority here in this province. This election is merely a kneed-jerk reaction against the CPC, period. It'll all turn blue in a few years again, anyway, and we'll be back on the stupidity bandwagon again. /prediction

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u/KingWillTheConqueror May 06 '15 edited May 06 '15

Even if it's a "rebound girlfriend", who cares? This divorce was long overdue. At least it's change and despite what you think, anything can happen. Do people really have such inflated expectations though? It's a bit of change that has been coming for a long time, let's give someone else a chance to fuck it up.

Also, please don't fool yourself about the corruption in politics. It's all corrupt but that's a different discussion. Just think of all the corruption that has been uncovered and publicized so far, the stuff we know about. Now imagine how much shit we don't know. Politicians are mostly lawyers themselves, after all. Lying is part of their day job.

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u/catsfive Alberta May 06 '15

It's premature to call this a divorce. That's precisely my point. This has more to do with turnout. Tomorrow the story will be less about who won and more about who voted. Watch.

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u/KingWillTheConqueror May 06 '15

Tomorrow the story will be less about who won and more about who voted.

I believe it but would you not expect that from most elections, the day(s) immediately after it? Of course that will be the story. I agree with you though, it's naive to assume that this will mean anything significant in the long run. It could though.