[ADob]

Voters will vote with short-term objectives in mind.

Yeah, but what objectives is the UCP offering? They've proven their ineptitude when it comes to money, oil companies, education, medical care, etc., etc., etc. So what is it that people think they're going to get other than a vindication of how badly treated they are by the feds?

 

[policyenthusiast]

Remains to be seen if the NDP can produce a decent platform. Some MLAs like Janis Irwin are absolute powerhouse representatives for their communities, but the stranded middle voter isn't going to be swayed by promises of improved social housing or rent control. People want a serious plan to crack down on crime and vagrancy, and a serious plan to manage Alberta's growth. Focusing on social policy and community support is a bullet to the foot when the voter is concerned about the state of their own home and finances.

It's not too late for the NDP to pull a Liberal Party and hard pivot into real issues and the economics of Albertan households, but the NDP under Notley only won because they focused on the voter base, rather than the most underrepresented. That meant higher minimum wage, heavier taxation of high-earners, and redirecting public funds into necessary services like health care & schools.

IMO for any real traction, they'll need to refocus.

 

[Airboy]

Yah Neshi has been a disappointment, Irwin would not be able to get the full vote and is better in her current position. But as someone who grew up here and helped build the province for over 50 years I am getting more depressed by how far right we are going. At least Lougheed and Getty were progressives. Hell Carney is so much closer to that than anyone since.

The governments that have screwed Alberta the most are Alberta raised Conservatives.

 

[trevorhayden]

The worst outcome is if $8000 phone bill Lukaczuk becomes NDP leader.

 

[trevorhayden]

Nenshi doesn't want to save Alberta. He wants to give himself and his political entourage a low stress job until retirement.

 

[policyenthusiast]

The worst outcome is if $8000 phone bill Lukaczuk becomes NDP leader.

...the former conservative MLA? why would that ever happen

 

[trevorhayden]

Politics makes strange allies.

 

[The_Cat]

These separatists are criminals:

Elections Alberta investigating inappropriate distribution of voters' list

"Elections Alberta is taking every possible action to determine if this has taken place and, if so, to protect and recover the information."

edmontonjournal.com

 

[policyenthusiast]

Would they be able to use this information to forge signatures on petitions?

Edit: Damn, it seems like a UCP MLA deliberately gave them the list of electors. Could be any registered party or MLA though.

There has been no breach of Elections Alberta’s databases or systems. The unfolding situation is believed to involve a third party and to have occurred as a result of the inappropriate use and/or distribution of the list of electors by a registered political party that was a legitimate recipient of the list.

Under the Election Act, a registered party may receive a copy of the list of electors for the province, and each MLA may receive a copy of the list of electors for their electoral division two years following a provincial general election, after electoral divisions are amended, or if a writ is issued for a by-election in an electoral division or a provincial general election. Each registered political party and candidate may receive a copy after revisions to the list of electors close and after the conclusion of advance voting during a provincial general election.

Edit 2: Breach was not UCP, apperantly. According to The Canadian Press, Elections Alberta told a judge in Edmonton Thursday morning that the voter information was legally given to the Republican Party of Alberta.

 

[bodsbods9090]

Aaron Paquette is saying a class action lawsuit needs to happen.

This is a serious breach of our private information. Even people who support the UCP should be upset about this.

 

[ADob]

Yeah, but they won't be. I honestly don't know what it would take because we keep thinking that THIS is the thing that will make people rethink their voting choices and then they don't.

 

[The_Cat]

I wonder if this info was also used in the Electoral Boundary reform.

 

[Whattagame]

Aaron Paquette is saying a class action lawsuit needs to happen.

This is a serious breach of our private information. Even people who support the UCP should be upset about this.

Was just looking up law firms who may handle this. Does anyone know how something like this would get set in motion?

 

[Gus Haynes]

Beyond fucked up. Smith's weasel pal David Parker continues to thumb his nose at Albertans: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/livestory/elections-alberta-electors-list-9.7182971

The Centurion Project is led by longtime political organizer David Parker.

Parker has not yet responded to a CBC News request for comment. However, he was posting on X on Thursday.

One post showed a picture of a “white pages” phone book with the caption: "Look everyone! I found names and addresses in a nefarious document called a phone book! Call the cops!"

 

[trevorhayden]

Yeah, but they won't be. I honestly don't know what it would take because we keep thinking that THIS is the thing that will make people rethink their voting choices and then they don't.

UCP and RPA supporters have more in common with Russians than Canadians, specifically that they have never accepted Alberta as a democracy. They will never change their ways. The only path for Albertan freedom from UCP/RPA tyranny is lawsuits and criminal trials.