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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
I think we also need to acknowledge that Notley was taking over from a four decade dynasty and all of the entrenchments associated with such a prolonged period without any change in governance. Institutions within most other political jurisdictions are used to a change every decade or so. Remember the truckloads of shredded documents?
Another point to remember is that her party went from decades with 0% chance of forming gov't to a landslide overnight. A legislature full of rookies. Perhaps this isn't a valid 'excuse', but I think it's reasonable to at least consider as part of the context for her term.
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But the UCP had seasoned politicians on their side and look where that got us.