"the actual history of NDP provincial governments in Canada is one of higher real wage growth, higher corporate profit growth and smaller deficits than Conservative and Liberal ones. ... it’s a striking contrast to the story Conservatives in Alberta like to tell."
The NDP's surprise win in Calgary-Shaw shows that the UCP can be beat. Now the NDP has to do the real work required to win the next election: tell a compelling economic story. #abpoli
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The Alberta NDP still needs an economic story
The Alberta NDP shocked almost everyone by winning a byelection in a traditionally safe conservative seat. Now it has to do something even harder: tell its own economic story for the province.