Alberta United Conservative Party Leadership Election, 2017

[Hatman 🍁]

Kenney, Jean and Fildebrandt? A basket of deplorables. Actually, I don't mind Jean that much. Seems like a nice guy, and I felt bad that he lost his house in the wildfire last year. But either Kenney or Fildebrant as Premier would be very upsetting.
 

[Hatman 🍁]

Fildebrandt was in at least one of my classes in university, and I can confirm the man is a nutcase. He had a big reputation as being the most right wing person on campus. No wonder he moved to the most right wing part of Alberta to start his political career. (Actually, this practice is quite common for young conservatives to move to Alberta to get in to politics; there are many examples of this).

[Hatman 🍁]

Nice to see that weasel Kenney is polling worse than Jean.

[Hatman 🍁]

Fildebrandt was in at least one of my classes in university, and I can confirm the man is a nutcase. He had a big reputation as being the most right wing person on campus. No wonder he moved to the most right wing part of Alberta to start his political career. (Actually, this practice is quite common for young conservatives to move to Alberta to get in to politics; there are many examples of this).

With the above in mind, I think Hatman will smile while he reads this story.

Fildebrandt is blaming Jean for leaking this. He's already doing damage control by offering to donate the money back, but considering this guy's old job with the Canadian Taxpayers' Federation, this looks terrible.

Yes this does bring a smile to my face

My take on Alberta polarization is that it's not a left vs. right polarization but a centrist vs. right polarization. The NDP united the centre and centre left in 2015, while the right (which has a bigger slice of the pie) was divided. If the centre still likes the NDP going forward (most still do), I don't see the Alberta Party going anywhere. Notley may be hated by the right in Alberta, but I still think she's respected by most people in the middle. Perhaps someone in Alberta would know better though.

[Hatman 🍁]

Whither the Alberta Liberals, then?  (Might they strike a "marriage of convenience" with the Alberta Party?)

I think they will.  I think you will see a unite the centre between the Alberta Liberals and Alberta Party and likewise they will include many Red Tories from the former Alberta PCs which are not comfortable with the merged party.  Doubt they will go that far in 2019, but I think in 2023 they have a much better chance for a breakthrough.

I disagree. I think it's more likely the Liberals will disappear into irrelevancy (if they have not done so already) like they did in Saskatchewan.

[Hatman 🍁]

It's all moot, because Doug Schweitzer is not going to win.

[Hatman 🍁]

Very good news for the NDP in the 2023 election.

[Hatman 🍁]

The difference being the NDP government in Alberta is 1000x more competent than the one we had in Ontario. Albertans are spoiled rotten.