A large crowd lined up for free pancakes in south Calgary for Naheed Nenshi's first official caucus Stampede breakfast as leader of the Alberta NDP.
Speaking in a riding that flipped the NDP’s way in the last election, Nenshi said he’s hearing at community events that people bought their first party membership for him.
Calgary MLA Kathleen Ganley said the turnout was about two-to-three times as many who came to the party’s Stampede event last year. Attack ads hit the airwaves days after his leadership win, painting him as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s choice for Alberta, but Nenshi said the governing United Conservative Party is grasping at straws.Following last year’s election, the UCP has money to spend. In 2023, and the first quarter of this year, it has millions of dollars more in its war chest.
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