The WRP made a critical error by not stepping harder on the "lake of fire" and "Caucasian" comments.
I think many Albertans were ready for "some" change and kicked around supporting WR but had their antennas up. Cue the comments above and what I thought was a far too tepid response from Smith. And that was all she wrote - voters (urban in particular) abandoned the WR en masse.
Now Redford has her mandate and we'll see what she does with it. We are already running a deficit and the PC election promises are unbudgeted. Something has to give there - either they abandon their promises, reduce in other areas, or government revenue (taxes) need to increase.
Will be an interesting 4 years.
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