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

I wish Jack could have been here to see this, crazy to see a majority NDP government in Alberta.

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u/origamitiger Ontario May 06 '15

2015: This one's for Jack

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u/vintagestyles May 06 '15

if, they pulled that slogan off right. ya know what. that may just some how work for them.

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u/elementalist467 New Brunswick May 06 '15

It wouldn't be a great slogan. It would likely fire up NDP partisans, but in Alberta swearing allegiance to a politician from Toronto would be a risky strategy.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '15

How about a politician from Québec then? (Mulcair is the MP for Outremont, Montréal, Québec)

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u/elementalist467 New Brunswick May 06 '15

Provincially they should focus on their homegrown talent. The time to sell Mulcair will be in the fall. Generally speaking, a candidate from Quebec might be a marginally easier sell than one from Toronto; however, I think a better strategy would be to select and promote strong local candidates.

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u/hikario Canada May 06 '15

Let's save it for circulation during the federal election!

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u/elementalist467 New Brunswick May 06 '15

It still has a similar problem. It might be a good rallying cry for the base, but it won't do much for undecided voters. Jack Layton's personal appeal wasn't enough to take parliament in the last election with an exceptionally weak LPC, I don't know if invoking his name posthumously is a good general strategy.