There’s a very odd dawning prospect: Sometime after the federal election is done, Albertans find themselves wishing the first Justin Trudeau government was back
Take a wary look at British Columbia; a shaky NDP government, supported by three Greens, fiercely hostile to the Trans Mountain pipeline.It’s by no means unthinkable that the Liberals will be reduced to a minority. To stay in power, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would have to rely on backing from the NDP.
A Green wave sounds crazy from any Alberta perch. In the April provincial election, Green candidates got 0.4 per cent of the vote. On April 23, the Greens captured eight seats in the Prince Edward Island election. They now hold the hammer over a minority Progressive Conservative government. Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, after voicing earlier support for B.C.’s big LNG plans, adjusted very quickly.
By 1972, Pierre Trudeau had “whittled away” his own support, in Bratt’s words. He managed to beat the Progressive Conservatives by only two ridings.
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