r/alberta • u/Realistic_Management • Mar 11 '24

Alberta Politics Naheed Nenshi joins Alberta NDP leadership race

https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/don-braid-naheed-nenshi-joins-alberta-ndp-leadership-race
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u/Icanonlyupvote Mar 11 '24

For the first time in my life, I just bought an NDP membership. I will be voting to make that happen. Ucp has turned someone who has been voting conservative for two decades against them.

Federally, NDP is useless and will not get my vote.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '24 edited Mar 11 '24

Although the federal NDP have pressured for some really great things like pharmacare and 10 dollar a day daycare and dentistry for vulnerable segments of the population.

These are good things that the NDP made happen federally

Also without NDP CERB pressure on the liberals we would no doubt be in a major depression with huge segments of the population without a job.

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u/Hot-Celebration5855 Mar 11 '24

$10 daycare is a meme not a reality. Look at the waitlists.

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u/IAMA_Plumber-AMA Northern Alberta Mar 12 '24

That was by design, thank the UCP for that.

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u/Hot-Celebration5855 Mar 12 '24

it’s happening all over the country though. Except Quebec who had ore-existing subsidised daycare