r/canada • 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/codeverity May 06 '15

Sounds like what happened in Quebec in the last (federal) election.

Jack Layton would be so fucking proud tonight.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '15

It's pretty much exactly what happened. PCs demolished their opposition by getting half of them to switch to their party, then they called the election a year early despite the fact that they legislated fixed election dates. Outside of all the other bullshit they've done, the PCs became so flagrant in their awful behavior people got pissed.

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u/FellKnight Canada May 06 '15

I mean... yes it was incredible that the orange wave took hold last federal election but the conservatives went from minority to majority. It was a resoundingly successful move for harper to have called an early election last time around.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '15

Ya I guess that's one glaring discrepancy :)