Alberta NDP votes to distance itself from federal party
Despite Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi criticizing Alberta Premier Danielle Smith amid the province’s growing separatist movement, he is now applauding a separation movement of his own.
Author: Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
Despite Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi criticizing Alberta Premier Danielle Smith amid the province’s growing separatist movement, he is now applauding a separation movement of his own.
Alberta’s New Democratic Party delegates have voted to allow its members to opt out of joining the federal NDP at Sunday’s annual party convention in Edmonton.
This comes as an attempt to distinguish the highly unpopular federal party from the provincial opposition party in public optics.