Danielle Smith in no uncertain terms said Notley is from the Lougheed brand of politics and Kenney is from the Klein brand of politics.
AP is from the best brand of politics - the centre
I don’t know if these characterizations are true, but I would say that a lot of the former PCs are now in the Alberta Party because they found the UCP akin to the Wildrose. I mean Stephen Mandel was a PC cabinet minister, Rick Fraser was a PC MLA and then I think a bunch of the backroom people did as well. I think that’s what bumped them from 1-2% to the lofty 5-6% we see in polls these days.
Yup that's a fair assessment. There is an aura of former PC members in the AP, but from an options standpoint, the pragmatism and balanced view on fiscal responsibility and social progressiveness is where I can handle that. What I would have preferred is a non-PC party leader (Greg Clark obviously), but part of the reason why I'm voting for them because it will raise the profile of the party as a legitimate option.
Just discovered that Larry Heather is running against Kenny in my riding of Lougheed.
Is he rich or something? How does he finance all of these elections?
Just discovered that Larry Heather is running against Kenny in my riding of Lougheed.
Is he rich or something? How does he finance all of these elections?
Not sure how expensive his campaigns are. Check out his website, it’s amazing.
I'm not sure I'd trust the province to a leader of a party who couldn't even manage to file important documents on time for an election. Not exactly the type of guy I want leading the province out of one of the most difficult times we'll see in our lifetime.
As we've seen from the NDP, decisions matter, timing of those decisions matter, making poor choices have consequences that have far reaching, rippling affects on our lives, our children's lives, and the future of our province.
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I am having a hard time grasping what’s behind the strong Alberta Party numbers here. Dissasfaction with other two main parties? Influence of vote compass showing alignment? It’s not as though there are any big AP cheerleaders on here influencing people. It doesn’t align much with scientific polling. Curious what’s driving this.
simple for me. I will never vote NDP, I will not vote for the Kenney UCP.
I think the Albert Party will be a good centerist (sp?) choice and I personally llke the candidate in my riding and what he stands for.
I tried the cbc vote compass and they have the liberals more socially progressive than the ndp? Federally the liberals went into the nafta talks putting gender rights as a top priority so i guess that makes sense.
Leaning Alberta Party, but really only due to lack of options. Notley sucks, Kenney sucks, and I have no illusions about Stephen Mandel's competency, or of anyone else's chances of winning more than 1 seat, but c'est la vie.
Leaning Alberta Party at this point but their announcements last week that focused on children are not a good selling point to me and give me reason to look again at other alternatives. Frustrated at this point that all the parties have big negatives.
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