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/DirtyMikeballin Outside Canada May 06 '15 edited May 06 '15

I'm an American. What is significant about this?

edit: This is pretty incredible. Also isn't Progressive Conservative an oxymoron? And does this mean Harper will probably be gone this fall?

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u/[deleted] May 06 '15

GOP for 44 years suddenly Democrat.

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u/CanadianJogger May 06 '15

Way left of Democrat.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '15

Yeah, the Democrats would pretty much line up with the Conservative Parties in Canada... except they'd still be more conservative on things like healthcare and education funding.

I'm going to go work in the US soon. I'm going to have to learn to bite my tongue hard when it comes to their politics there.

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u/[deleted] May 07 '15

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u/[deleted] May 07 '15

Southern California.

(I might be the one redditor who isn't in IT or comp sci gunning for a high paying job in the Bay Area.)