![]() ![]() The New Democrats obliterated the opposition in Edmonton, where government, students, and unionized workers give them a structural advantage. ![]() Another re-drawing of the boundaries is due to get underway shortly, and with that will come slightly increased urban voting power. ![]() But it will also be a little easier to bear by the time the next scheduled election rolls around in 2019. The effect of Bill 6 will endure for a long time. That NDP government begins 2016 in bad odour with the Alberta countryside over its bungled rollout of new labour regulations for agriculture. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The Wildrose Party was caught in a leadership crisis at the wrong moment, and the New Democrats were in a position to gather the smithereens. But the fast turnaround in Alberta electoral politics was prompted, above all, by the moral self-destruction of a political machine. Demographic trends were eating away at the traditional conservative political brands all along, and Alberta’s social “conservativeness” was always exaggerated. The election of a New Democratic government in May seemed to have signalled the province’s sudden shedding of a “conservative” identity that various pundits are now trying to explain away. There has been a lot of paradox-mongering in year-end pieces about Alberta. I expect 2016 in Alberta to be a year of trial balloons Dream of coaching hockey? There’s a reason our Junior A league features an “Oilers” and an “Oil Barons,” who compete for the Gas Drive Cup. Want to be a sculptor? Corporate boardroom and building budgets are crucial. It’s the paradox of Alberta: the diversity of economic activity and the labour market is ever-increasing, yet no matter what game you get into, you almost inevitably have a toe in the oil business. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt. ![]()
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