the ndp's tactic from the start should have been to vilify kenney as a bigot, in order to rouse their base up. they need to get them worked up to make sure they get out and vote.

instead, they're trying to make the ridiculous argument that they'll better advance oil interests, in an attempt to win votes in the middle. that's beyond naive, as a strategy; it's flatly stupid. the province is changing, but the center in alberta is still five degrees to the right of the rest of the country, and nobody is going to choose rachel notley as a moderate. they need to be going out of their way to polarize, and they need to make sure people know who the bad guys are.

the only circumstance where this hopey-changey bullshit works is when the sitting government is despised by 80% of the electorate. normal election cycles are not won on hope, but on fear.

and, alberta has very good reason to fear jason kenney.

i'm not sure why the ndp aren't projecting that.