Alberta voters will head to the polls on May 29 with the race being too close to predict and toss-up ridings likely to decide the election’s outcome
The leaders of Alberta’s two dominant political parties faced each other in a televised debate Thursday evening that unfolded more like a series of mini-campaign speeches rather than a tense political standoff.
“Ms. Smith, you’re found to have broken the law in order to interfere with the system of justice to assist with somebody who had been charged with attempting to get people to commit violence against police officers,” Ms. Notley said. “So, you talk about instability, that does not engender trust. More than that, [it] engenders fear on the part of Albertans.”
When Ms. Notley and the NDP formed government in 2015, that year’s debate held a key moment in that historic campaign. In it, Jim Prentice, then the leader of the Progressive Conservatives, quipped that “math is difficult,” sparking waves of backlash and questions over whether it was sexist given Ms. Notley was his main challenger.Ms.
In the hours before the debate, UCP strategists and candidates sparred over how to deal with transphobic comments from one candidate and racist statements from another. Ms. Johnson, a former UCP provincial board member, on social media Thursday afternoon, said she intends to earn back her seat in the UCP caucus if she gets elected.
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