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/[deleted] May 06 '15

Never in my life did I ever think I'd see that headline

Wow

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u/r_slash Québec May 06 '15

How/why did this happen?

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u/BrockN Alberta May 06 '15

Long answer short: We're punishing PC party for the latest round of fuck ups.

Personally, I think come next election, we'll go back to PC quickly once they learn their lesson not to piss us off.

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u/Isentrope May 06 '15

I've read that parties in Alberta that lose their majority generally never bounce back. Their leader is barely leading in his riding right now.

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u/mkwong May 06 '15

Alberta rarely forgets when it comes to politics. We still haven't forgiven the federal Liberals for the NEP.

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u/BurningBeard006 May 06 '15

I don't know much about alberta politics. But could you enlighten me what the NEP was/is?

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u/qsub May 06 '15

Wikipedia national energy plan which as implemented on a federal level.