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Originally Posted by Harry Lime
I'm a little dumbfounded that over this last four years, and now during the election, that the NDP has completely written off rural Alberta as a lost cause. Most of the people outside of the city are uninformed on some pretty basic issues.
A big sign explaining the potential damage to farming and ranching that the UCP plan by mining the Eastern Slopes. Another big sign explaining the decimation of the wildfire fighting capacity. Another big sign explaining chasing away doctors and medical capacity in rural towns. Another big sign explaining who centralization of the EMS left rural Alberta with no coverage. Another big sign explaining the damage that the UCP did to the educational system, where the smaller towns are hardest hit.
There are so many easy targets, but only crickets.
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I don't think they've abandoned these areas. They had one of the strategists on West of Centre yesterday and she went out of her way to say "This isn't just a Calgary election and there are rural ridings we believe we can flip."
Kevin Van Tighem is a really strong candidate for the eastern slopes issue, as is
Sarah Elmelgi in Canmore - Kananaskis.
In any case, big signs aren't really enough to change minds when you're dealing with such entrenched behaviours.