“It’s now clear that Jason Kenney’s campaign betrayed the conservative party by cheating to win its highest office,” Notley said. The NDP’s social media accounts focus heavily on Kenney, mixed with the occasional touting of the NDP record, including halving the child-poverty rate. In Edmonton, though, it’s close: 39 per cent say they’re planning to vote NDP, while 41 per cent say they’re voting UCP. The drop in oil prices, a struggling economy and the introduction of a carbon tax has enraged some Albertans. And, with Kenney standing in the sun of an early spring in Alberta, flanked by workers in coveralls, the campaign began.

Source: National Post March 19, 2019 21:44 UTC