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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Although Calgary Centre and Calgary McKnight were pretty close races. If Carney made himself more visible in those ridings over the campaign, it may have been enough to sway some people. I get it, it was relatively a short campaign, it's a big country, and campaigning is expensive. You do need to pick your spots.
I think Carney would be wise to make himself more visible in Alberta and the west in general between now and the next election. Being a minority government, it is quite possible we are heading back to the polls in 18-24 months and I really think he has an opportunity to flip some seats in Alberta's urban ridings.
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I think that the problem here (I'm in McKnight) is that Chahal DIDN'T make himself more visible. I don't think having Carney here would have moved the needle much. While I know that it's not actually true, it FEELS like after the door-hanger scandal of the last election, Chahal just disappeared and hasn't been seen from since. He needed to get out and address that issue to the populace of his riding. It feels like he just accepted it, hoped that everyone would forget it and vote for him again. Which...isn't wholly unreasonable in politics but IS a gamble.
I do agree that Carney needs to be more in and around Alberta. Especially if he can pin obstruction to his energy plans on Smith/UCP