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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Was it smart though? A lot of people in Calgary seem to hate that the City is chipping in that much, then you have people in the rest of Alberta, including a city of comparable size, who hate that provincial money is paying for infrastructure improvements related to the deal.
I think the UCP is going to lose ground to the NDP because of all this.
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Well the battle was going to be won or lost in Calgary. It certainly looked like the NDP was gaining momentum based on the last polls. By the province stepping in and directly committing to infrastructure projects for a project that only impacts Calgarians they were able to make a municipal localized issue a provincial one. Remains to be seen if it will pay off but it certainly was calculated.
Not only that, they inserted themselves into an already volatile and emotional issue that was already quite dividing. Personally a lot of people are happy to get provincial money at all versus or friends up North. It puts the NDP into a hard situation where they either have to commit to one side or another that could impact votes.