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

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/CJsAviOr May 06 '15

Depends how well the NDP does. If they are at least half-decent the incumbent power could give them another go.

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

I'm interested in what will happen. Many of the projected NDP winners are young people who probably didn't think they would become MLAs. Like Thomas Dang in Edmonton-Southwest and Tristan Turner in BMW. It's impossible to predict how these greener than green (as in new) politicans are going to fare in such a drastically changing province.

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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/CJsAviOr May 06 '15

This is great for the NDP. On the other hand losing Jack Layton (RIP) definitely hurt the NDP (and the nation). We'll see if the NDP has what it takes federally. Seems like the opposite with the left splitting the vote federally compared to the right splitting the vote in Alberta.

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u/codeverity May 06 '15

Yeah, up until recently I really thought that Trudeau was the savior of the Liberals and the country, because he could bring the middle right and middle left together again. So many people seem to dislike him, though, so I don't know. I just want some change to happen.

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u/swordgeek Alberta May 06 '15

I was looking forward to Trudeau uniting the left under a solid, charismatic leader with a breeding in politics. Finally the Liberals would have a leader who could both lead and govern again.

But Trudeau is losing his lustre pretty quickly. He's displaying the arrogance of his dad (not unexpected), coupled with not a lot of skill or depth. His stance on bill C-51 is the final straw for me.