To the editor:
The Alberta NDP won the provincial election on May 5.
On July 3 – just short of two months of the NDP winning government – a poll taken by Mainstream Technologies shows the NDP now at 26 per cent popularity down from the 41 per cent on election night. If an election was held today, the Wild Rose Party would form the government of Alberta.
This is a first in Canadian history of how a political party could lose so much popularity in such a short time.
NDP Premier Rachel Notley has even lost 12 per cent of her popularity since election night. The poll had 3,007 respondents.
Albertans are not in agreement with the NDP’s raising of the minimum wage, raising personal and corporation taxes, and royalty fees in the current unstable economic climate. They also show a cloud of uncertainty with this NDP government.
One must remember the NDP did not win the election on the NDP name. The election was won on vote splitting on the part of the coalition parties.
On election night, the NDP had 40.57 per cent of the popular vote in comparison to 52.03 per cent for the Wild Rose and Conservative parties. The writing is on the wall for the NDP government in Alberta. This NDP win has no effect on the upcoming federal election. The federal Conservatives hold 54 per cent of the federal vote in Alberta.
Remember there is no Wild Rose federal party; therefore, Wild Rose voters will vote for the Conservatives.
In four years, the NDP government will be voted out, just like they were in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Nova Scotia and they will be defeated in Manitoba on April 19, 2016.
Joe Sawchuk
Duncan
