Big Win for NDP in Alberta as Tory crosses floor

[mentalfloss]

So there ARE smart people in Alberta after all.


CP NewsAlert: Former Alberta Tory leadership candidate crosses floor to NDP

EDMONTON — A one-time candidate for the Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership has crossed the floor to the governing NDP.

Sandra Jansen, a Calgary member of the legislature, quit the Tory race last week over personal and online attacks she said had become intolerable.

She said the abuse peaked at the Tory policy convention when her nomination forms were vandalized and supporters of another candidate harassed her in the hallways.

She also accused leadership candidate Jason Kenney of bringing "Trump-style politics'' to Alberta.

Jansen, a two-term MLA, had openly indicated she was mulling whether to leave the Tory caucus and party.

Premier Rachel Notley says Jansen has always been a voice for moderate and progressive politics.

Donna Kennedy-Glans, a former PC legislature member who had also been vying for the top Tory job, also quit the race over concerns the party is moving too far right on social issues.

CP NewsAlert: Former Alberta Tory leadership candidate crosses floor to NDP | National Newswatch

 

[Hoof Hearted]

How did that work out for Belinda Stronach?

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

CP NewsAlert: Former Alberta Tory leadership candidate crosses floor

without tripping or getting lost!

 

[mentalfloss]

To be fair, many of the old stock can't even see that far.

 

[gerryh]

She has pretty much guaranteed not to be re-elected to the assembly.

 

[PoliticalNick]

Hmmm, and where are all those Wildrose members that crossed the floor a while back? Oh yeah, they are at home and no longer in government.

 

[gerryh]

Hmmm, and where are all those Wildrose members that crossed the floor a while back? Oh yeah, they are at home and no longer in government.

Yes, for the most part, Albertans vote for the party, not the individual. She was elected as a PC, not as a NDP, so I am sure her constituents will not be too happy about this turn of events.


Looking at the past, the NDP really should have told her no, and had her sit as an independent. This really is not a "plus" for them.

 

[Cannuck]

Kinda proves my point that the Alberta PC party wasn't all to conservative. Thanks Flossy!

This really is not a "plus" for them.

It does not make any difference whatsoever. The Dippers have zero chance of getting re-elected

 

[gerryh]

It does not make any difference whatsoever. The Dippers have zero chance of getting re-elected

Agreed, this is just one more nail in their coffin.

 

[mentalfloss]

Kinda proves my point that the Alberta PC party wasn't all to conservative. Thanks Flossy!

hey boss... does dis mean we can call dem leftards now?

 

[bobnoorduyn]

Agreed, this is just one more nail in their coffin.

Are you kidding? That ship sailed a while ago, right now it's sitting in the middle of the Atlantic with more anchors and cinder blocks being tied to it, but I'm afraid it will still be three years before it capsizes sending it to the deeps. And it might just take us with it.

 

[gerryh]

Are you kidding? That ship sailed a while ago, right now it's sitting in the middle of the Atlantic with more anchors and cinder blocks being tied to it, but I'm afraid it will still be three years before it capsizes sending it to the deeps. And it might just take us with it.

I said it was ONE MORE nail in their coffin, not THE nail. The day after they were elected it was a forgone conclusion that they wouldn't be re-elected.

 

[Bar Sinister]

Well, Jansen is right about a couple of things. Kenney is definitely a Trump-style politician, and there are more misogynists among the Tories than is healthy for any party.

 

[Cannuck]

hey boss... does dis mean we can call dem leftards now?

The PC's? Why do you think the Wild Rose Party was started. The PCs were never right-wing. That's why your hatred of Ralph is so hilarious.

 

[pgs]

Sounds to me like one of the teachers that flooded the PC's , it was never their party anyway .

 

[bobnoorduyn]

I said it was ONE MORE nail in their coffin, not THE nail. The day after they were elected it was a forgone conclusion that they wouldn't be re-elected.

That coffin can't fit any more nails :-D

 

[darkbeaver]

To be fair, many of the old stock can't even see that far.

You perverted millinials are the problem, old stock gets to be old how? Idiot you're generation builds nothing fixes nothing understands nothing and are worth nothing, conseguentialy, SP fix thgat would you. wqHERE ARE THE STRONG YOUNG PEOPLE OF CANADA.
PUSSIES

Canadians are blessed with horrific winters prescribed by god to make us harder to bend.

Do you have enough firewood?

 

[taxslave]

without tripping or getting lost!

Would appear she is really lost if she joined the dippers.

 

[Dixie Cup]

I don't understand why "crossing the floor" is even allowed. She should either (as mentioned previously) sit as an independent or step down and a bi-election called. This is a slap in the face for those who voted for her, despite whatever issues she may later have had with the party. The floor crossing shows me that she's a coward.


JMHO

 

[JamesBondo]

obviously, power is more important than representing the people that vote for her.

Next election she will have to put NDP next to her name. we'll see how well that works for her.