I’m going to buy an NDP membership for the first time ever.
In a FTFP system there is incentive to only have 2 parties. In that environment there should be open primaries. This allows the middle rather than the extremes to set electoral policy.
I also think the popularity of the NDP is from the UCP abandoning the middle. The NDP has also shifted hard towards the center. They are pro pipeline and pro responsible development of oil and gas. Notley made the shift to abandon the environmental wing of the party.
The last election policy of the NDP was the mythical socially liberal fiscally conservative plan as you could practically get. My vote will be to select a leader that will not backslide
The NDP hasn’t been the NDP since their second year in government.
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