When I ultimately cast my vote, it will be for the leader that can bring voters to the party and form a competent effective government. The unfortunate reality is that in Alberta, the provincial party needs distance from the federal party views to attract that sort of support. If we want to oust the lunatic that currently occupies the premier’s seat then we need to elect a leader who can get us there. And not a leader that will stand for only idealogical purity from the point of view of an ineffectual opposition.
There is nothing I would like better than to see this conservative government fall, but not at the expense of the NDP moving right. In my mind it's not about winning, it is about governing for the people who elect our chosen leaders. At the same time I saw the benefits of Mulcair's and Notley's centrist views had helped the parties appeal. McGowan and Nenshi may be a motivational resource the ABNDP needs as they both have played roles in governing for people.
The rightwing parties are salivating at the prospect of a candidate going full socialist as you say. Fear mongering in their PR campaigns anything left of their stance is Stalin's communism. While they promote the Free Market system, corporate governance that will lead us to worst atrocities than Stalin's.
When I ultimately cast my vote, it will be for the leader that can bring voters to the party and form a competent effective government. The unfortunate reality is that in Alberta, the provincial party needs distance from the federal party views to attract that sort of support. If we want to oust the lunatic that currently occupies the premier’s seat then we need to elect a leader who can get us there. And not a leader that will stand for only idealogical purity from the point of view of an ineffectual opposition.
There is nothing I would like better than to see this conservative government fall, but not at the expense of the NDP moving right. In my mind it's not about winning, it is about governing for the people who elect our chosen leaders. At the same time I saw the benefits of Mulcair's and Notley's centrist views had helped the parties appeal. McGowan and Nenshi may be a motivational resource the ABNDP needs as they both have played roles in governing for people.
The rightwing parties are salivating at the prospect of a candidate going full socialist as you say. Fear mongering in their PR campaigns anything left of their stance is Stalin's communism. While they promote the Free Market system, corporate governance that will lead us to worst atrocities than Stalin's.