Western Standard - March 19, 2025


FILDEBRANDT： It's time that Premier Danielle Smith calls the by-election in Edmonton-Strathcona


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1 minute

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186.42906

Word count

272

Sentence count

21

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Misogyny

1

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It's time for the Alberta Tories to call the by-election in Strathcona to allow Nahid Enchchi to run and then almost certainly win his seat and enter the Alberta legislature. I think it would show a little bit of class and statesmanship on the part of the Tories to allow him to win it and then have at it.

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00:00:00.000 I think it's time that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith calls the by-election in Edmonton, Strathcona, to allow NDP leader and former Calgary mayor, Nahid Enchi, to run and then almost certainly win his seat and enter the legislature.
00:00:16.900 For reasons I just don't really understand, the United Conservative Party in Alberta is just not calling this by-election.
00:00:22.940 That was Rachel Notley's old seat. There is a 100% chance the NDP are going to win it.
00:00:30.000 You know, the Conservatives could run Mother Teresa and, you know, the NDP could run Lenin.
00:00:36.740 Actually, that might improve their vote in that writing.
00:00:39.060 But, you know, they could run Vladimir Lenin or Joseph Stalin and the NDP is going to win that seat.
00:00:44.940 The Conservatives have no hope of winning it.
00:00:47.080 And, I mean, he's the duly elected leader of the NDP, but he's not yet the duly elected leader of the opposition.
00:00:53.180 He has to be a member of the Legislative Assembly to do that.
00:00:55.540 And, you know, the Conservatives were, I think, rightfully taunting him that he couldn't get a member of his party to resign and open up a seat for him for some time.
00:01:04.560 Well, that's finally done.
00:01:06.300 The Conservatives are dragging their heels on this.
00:01:09.040 I think it would show a little bit of class and statesmanship on the part of the Conservatives to call the damn by-election.
00:01:15.460 He's going to win it anyway.
00:01:16.640 Let him get into the legislature and then have at it.
00:01:18.520 I want to see Menchie and Smith go toe-to-toe.
00:01:21.560 Let's get on with it already.
00:01:22.800 So, Alberta Conservatives watching.
00:01:25.800 Snap, snap. 0.99
00:01:26.840 Call the by-election.