Ignore wrong info.
They are unofficial co-leaders of the Green Party because their constitution has no provisions for such a thing.
Elizabeth May was the leader and only elected member for a long time. She stepped down as leader a few years ago and the party selected a woman named Anamie Paul as the leader. That quickly devolved into a shit show as they turned on Paul, a Jewish woman of colour, and forced her out. May stepped back into the role and had a different co-leader who stepped down.
They’re basically a mess and would give Jill Stein a run for her money as spoilers.
They’re co-leaders of the Green party.
Plus forcing out a Jewish party président.
But they’re not anti-Semites, heaven forbid. They just don’t like Jews in a position of power and impose loyalty tests on them that they don’t impose on other party members.
Check out the current Liberal numbers in Alberta
Polling averages as of Apr. 8, 2025
LIB 31.1%
CON 55.1%
NDP 9.3%
GRN 1.5%
PPC 2.2%
OTH 0.9%
Preston Manning trying to scare Central and Atlantic Canadians with a wave of Western Separatism from these numbers? If Carney wins his majority, Alberta will have helped him get there! Ha.
Yeah. Trudeau was despised here in Alberta, but with him stepping down, and Carney taking over, the word I’ve been hearing informally is, “PP is too Trumpian for my tastes, and Carney is obviously more intelligent than Trudeau, so … hmmm …”
Nobody (except die-hard Conservatives) is saying they’re definitely voting for anybody, but Albertans, at least those I’ve spoken with informally, are thinking.
And western separatism is a non-issue; though again, that’s from what I hear on the ground here. I see online where some are convinced that we’ll have a referendum on separation sometime during Danielle Smith’s term, but they don’t have cites, so as a Doper, I ignore such remarks. Besides, most everybody I know here knows we have a good thing going within Canada, and were we to separate, we’d be in the same position as Bolivia: dependent on the kindness of neighbours to get our goods to market.
How is that different than the way it is now?
Also its worth hearing Manning out in his own words (CBC radio interview today).
All I was saying in my OpEd is that if that sentiment is out there. Some mechanism should be provided for that question to be dealt with in an orderly democratic forum; and what I proposed was a Canada West constitutional conference as soon as possible after the election.
- If there’s a genuinely new administration in Ottawa then that conference would work on what can be done. What can the west do to help repair the damage that has been done by the Liberals over the next (last?) nine years.
- If the Liberals are returned, then that would be a forum for dealing then what are the options for the west; which would include this secession option.
He’s clearly threatening secession and comes off even more deluded imo. Angry that the Liberals are pulling a new mandate out of their ass due to Carney and external matters.
Sure, but that’s not what I asked. Seeing Things and Wayne and Shuster wete entertaining shows too.
I’m very reluctant to consider people or places monolithic. It would be easy to see Edmonton voting Liberal, and High Prairie doing otherwise. The fact the Libs have double diguts in Alberta at all is a change.
I do not think PP would be a terrible leader. However, losing JT seemed to flatten his feet, Trump is not the only issue facing Canada, and much of Carney’s agenda was cynically borrowed from Pierre, who I gather has been slow to listen to advisors.
It’s different because Bolivia depends on other independent and sovereign countries to get its goods to market. Alberta doesn’t; as a Canadian province, it can ship things through Canada. Those things might not always be wanted by the provinces they are shipped through (e.g. pipelines and oil), but there is typically no need to ask permission of a foreign government to transport Albertan goods through a foreign jurisdiction.
There are interprovincial trade barriers, but I think that with Trump’s tariffs, the provinces are rethinking those. “Why is it easier to sell our goods to a foreign buyer than it is to sell to fellow Canadians?” That sort of thing. It is a simplistic approach, but the silliness of our barriers to true interprovincial trade deserves another look (cf. R v. Comeau, 2018 SCC 15).
I’ll certainly be asking the candidates and/or their representatives who show up at my door, about breaking down barriers to interprovincial trade.
Same here. I did live in Edmonton for a few years, in a neighbourhood that could easily go Liberal in this election, especially given recent events. The idea that all Albertans believe, think, say, and want the same things, especially Conservative ones, is silly. As you imply, Albertans are not monolithic, and some (many?) of us are definitely not what Canadians and foreigners believe us to be.
I think the Tories will get a majority of seats in Alberta, but not all. As I mentioned, Carney’s ascension is making some Albertans think twice.
Projected seat count at Apr 8th …173 for majority. 
Where’s that from? It’s higher on the libs than I’ve seen from 338 or CBC.
The bizarre failure to understand what this election is about isn’t limited to the Tories.
My sister used to work for the NDP. She’s moved into a position in the civil service, but still obviously has many contacts in the NDP. In her riding the NDP candidate is really focusing on… the fact Carney hasn’t committed to expanding pharmacare.
My sis tried to explain to her NDP contacts that no one gives two random fucks about that, that the issue people are really worried about now is defending ourselves from the American lunacy. They were apparently very confused by that.
The Liberals get that fact. And if you’d like to know why the NDP has lost over half their support, well, there you go.
It’s likely one poll, while 338 and CBC aggregate and analyze polls.
CBC has the Grits up to 201; 338 is more cautious at 191.
And if the NDP were polling such that they’d likely be getting over a hundred seats, I’d worry about that 
Otherwise, there’s more important things to worry about.
CBC screen grab
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6715014
Votes getting lock in
From that CTV article:
In articles about election polling, I’ve seen comments that asking people who they think will win is one of the best predictors of the outcome.
And I’ve got my voter card in the post today, with info about the advance polls, voting day, and where I vote. In addition to the advance polls and voting day poll, I can go to the office of the local returning officer, which is open 7 days a week, 9 to 5, until the election, and vote there.
We need ID as well. Here’s what Elections Canada says are acceptable IDs:
(at the provincial election last fall, one guy didn’t have his driver’s licence, but he had a photo id from the Sask Liquor and Gaming Authority, which was accepted.)
If you don’t have photo id, you need two pieces of non-photo id:
(see the long list of acceptable ID for Option 2 by clicking on the link)
And if you don’t have any of those ID, you can declare yourself a voter, provided someone else who has ID can vouch for you:
It’s almost as if the politicians in Canada who are responsible for election law want to make it easy for people to vote. 
Good grief, your elections must be riddled with voter fraud!
/s