I'd say Alberta's provincial NDP party is now more closer positioned to where Lougheed conservatives were back in the day, and parties like the UCP are now further right than ever. I'm not sure this journey further right for conservatism is going to be a good thing for them in the long run, especially with the socio-economic and environmental challenges currently facing humanity over the next several decades. "Progressive" is now the word for the centre; the conservatives don't own it anymore.
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