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Literally one government ago we elected a leftist party. Separation goes back way further than Danielle Smith.

> Literally one government ago we elected a leftist party.

Over the last (say) 50 years, how many left-leaning governments have there been in government? It's basically been right-ish since Lougheed in 1971:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_premiers_of_Alberta#Li...

Notley was in for less than four years:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_premiers_of_Alberta_by...

One government, but two elections and due to a split in the right. And "leftist" is... generous.

There is nothing left of the NDP except the literal communist parties that get like 0.001% of the vote... How is that not leftist?

Having nothing on your left doesn’t make you leftist. If I drive in the right hand lane and there’s nothing on my left, I am not driving in the left hand lane.

The Alberta NDP under Notley was a centrist party and its policies were far more aligned with the federal liberals than the federal NDP. Obviously, there has been a change in leadership, but I don't see any reason to believe that the Alberta NDP will be any less centrist under Nenshi.

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