Opinion: The NDP’s scandals can been seen, ironically, as a sign of growth and legitimacy, an indication that the province is experiencing a rare two-way race.
Alberta’s dysfunctional one-party political system seems to have evolved into a not-so-dysfunctional two-party system.
Notley said the party would investigate but also tried to downplay the infighting by saying, “There are two sides to every story,” which only piqued the interest of journalists even further and proved this was indeed something of a scandal. After losing the 2019 election to Kenney’s newly minted United Conservative Party, the NDP not only rebounded but began to flourish. Kenney revealed himself to be a monumentally bad leader and proved to be not just unlucky but inept on the economy, managing to lose more than $1 billion by gambling on the doomed Keystone XL pipeline to the U.S.
Much of Alberta’s political history is marked by long stretches of one-party rule that abruptly ends with the destruction of the governing party as it is replaced by yet another dynasty. The Social Credit Party, for example, governed for 36 years before being replaced by the Progressive Conservative who governed for 44 years before being dispatched by the New Democrats.
It is perhaps no surprise the party is having growing pains that are bubbling to the surface. The NDP has a real chance of regaining power in next year’s election set for May 29, 2023. Even the prospect of power creates its own problems. Being part of Notley’s machine is now less like being Don Quixote and more like being Don Corleone.
Even without the starter’s gun, the race is already underway unofficially with six candidates that include former provincial treasurer Travis Toews, Kenney’s political nemesis Brian Jean, and former Wildrose leader Danielle Smith.
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