I’m dying of curiosity to know who the Liberals are going to run in key YYC and YEG ridings. Anyone else? Want to speculate? I heard a LOT of people threw their names in for YYC centre. Who could they recruit in AB: Iveson? Notley? An NDP MLA? - ThreadSky

hollyhoye.bsky.social • 10 days ago

I’m dying of curiosity to know who the Liberals are going to run in key YYC and YEG ridings. Anyone else? Want to speculate?

I heard a LOT of people threw their names in for YYC centre.

Who could they recruit in AB: Iveson? Notley? An NDP MLA?

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louarab.bsky.social•7 days ago

Just stop throwing Rachel’s name around as a federal candidate. Especially for the Liberals.

It will never, ever happen.

mikegardner.bsky.social•10 days ago

Early federal election timing doesn’t match up with Calgary municipal schedule but Courtney Walcott not running for reelection…🤷🏼‍♂️

hollyhoye.bsky.social•10 days ago

Good point. I like Walcott.

stephgabz.bsky.social•10 days ago

I'd also be curious about YQL and the Macleod riding.

hollyhoye.bsky.social•10 days ago

yes, that could be interesting too

stephgabz.bsky.social•10 days ago

YQL could go Lib, but I do expect Macleod staying blue, unfortunately. They are almost always that way. The people I know there are almost exclusively voting that way. Backwards thinking is the only thing that seems to resonate.

amandalhu.bsky.social•8 days ago

Who have you heard?

stephrobyn.bsky.social•10 days ago

The CBC did seem to insinuate, in a way that only a non-Albertan would miss, that Notley could run federally.

inquisitivesort.bsky.social•10 days ago

I would knock on every door in the riding in that case! I can’t think of a better progressive voice for Alberta.

stephrobyn.bsky.social•10 days ago

Ugh. I’m in Edmonton Centre. Please save me from having to vote for ‘other Randy’ Randy Boissonneault.

ltrytten.bsky.social•10 days ago

I’m in same riding, maybe Carney can come to Edm Centre??? Please???

f23b58.bsky.social•10 days ago

https://liberal.ca/your-liberal-candidates/

f23b58.bsky.social•10 days ago

https://liberal.ca/nomination-notices/acclamation-notice-calgary-crowfoot-2024/

gwp1898.bsky.social•10 days ago

And Strathcona FtSask- where we’ve had to tolerate Garnett Genuis for THREE terms. How I’d love to see him out. Career Politician and it shows. 👎🏻

spetrath.bsky.social•10 days ago

🎯👍🏻

dustyferg.bsky.social•10 days ago

I don’t think that’s going to happen unfortunately. We can still hope. Sigh. 😔

reidangela.bsky.social•10 days ago

Oh my God, that’s too much to hope for isn’t it?

zurawell.bsky.social•10 days ago

I second that! Ugh! I recall the articles he used to write in the SPN when he was a student at Strathcona Christian School. The “anti-women’s right to choose” folk worship him. He’ll be so comfy hanging out with JD Vance if the cons win the election

judy-bug.bsky.social•10 days ago

Garnett Genuis is a #ChristianNationalist who supports conversion therapy, brought an anti-2+LGBTQ to Canada who advocates for their death. He formed Alberta chapter of Parents for Choice in Education & recruits anti-choice politicians across 🇨🇦.

#Cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg #ShPk #FortSask #Strathco

jadoptedjane20.bsky.social•10 days ago

I don’t know but they will have to pick someone quickly. Do you know if Randy Boissonault, the current MP is planning on trying to retain the seat?

katherine-taylor.bsky.social•10 days ago

He is listed as the candidate on https://Liberal.ca.

katherine-taylor.bsky.social•10 days ago

jadoptedjane20.bsky.social•9 days ago

Thanks. I should have checked that.

katherine-taylor.bsky.social•9 days ago

All good! Here to help if i can. Cheers!

hollyhoye.bsky.social•10 days ago

I haven’t heard.

terry-bolger.bsky.social•10 days ago

I've been wondering about this in my riding as well.

As a fairly new Albertan, originally from Ontario, I feel a lot of frustration that I may not even have a Liberal candidate to vote for.

I hope their are Liberals running in most ridings but fear the worst.

notjustdave.bsky.social•10 days ago

Don't be afraid to back your NDP candidate if they look more solid or there's no liberal candidate. Splitting kills us in Alberta.

howaud.bsky.social•10 days ago

As much as I'd like a Liberal to vote for, it's pretty much a lost cause in my riding.

hollyhoye.bsky.social•10 days ago

A lot of Alberta is going to be like that. I’m in Calgary Heritage which is Stephen Harper’s old riding. But I still hope I get a Liberal candidate name to park my vote with.

howaud.bsky.social•10 days ago

All I know is that I'll be damned before I ever vote Conservative, so we'll see who shows up on the ballot. If not Liberal, maybe NDP, maybe Green. I'll definitely be going though. Even if I'm tempted to skip it, this family has two new 18 year olds to set an example for.

hollyhoye.bsky.social•10 days ago

Yay! I hope those two new voters are excited about casting their first vote!

ltrytten.bsky.social•10 days ago

It might be better if we have some strategic NDP-Liberal decisions to support each other rather than split progressive vote. Might not be the worst if you don’t have an LPC candidate!

sgbab.bsky.social•10 days ago

I'm in the newly formed Edmonton Southeast riding (Yea, no more absentee MP Tim Uppal). It will be interesting to see who runs. So far the Cons, PPC and the NDP have candidates.

hollyhoye.bsky.social•10 days ago

This is one I’m watching closely.

toolcutie.bsky.social•10 days ago

I wonder if Sohi would take a shot at it, assuming he's not running for mayor again.

sgbab.bsky.social•10 days ago

Hmm, interesting. He was my MP at one point. There certainly is an opportunity for something other than Con to take this riding.

biolgeek.bsky.social•10 days ago

After his stint as mayor i don't think he has a chance at anything political for quite a while

biolgeek.bsky.social•10 days ago

Yikes called that one wrong.

yegmark.bsky.social•10 days ago

He is running for Mayor, almost certainly.

takforalt.bsky.social•10 days ago

This made me blink a couple times to make sure I was seeing correctly.

From 338.com:

hollyhoye.bsky.social•10 days ago

Yeah, that’s a crazy change. Would be nice if Alberta got more Liberal representation in Ottawa, especially if they end up in power.

takforalt.bsky.social•10 days ago

We really have no one to blame but ourselves. We keep electing Conservatives and then are mad bc we have no representation. 🙄

takforalt.bsky.social•10 days ago

Here’s the link…

https://338canada.com/alberta.htm

amwpetzie.bsky.social•10 days ago

I would love to see a strong candidate in YYC Nosehill.
Rempel has been a fixture here for years and has
done less than nothing.

waxaxe.bsky.social•10 days ago

I second this.

zurawell.bsky.social•10 days ago

I’d love to see Don Iveson run anywhere. Do you think he’d move to Sherwood Park? Andrew Knack would also be great. I hope nobody runs Liberal against Blake Desjarlais or @heathermcpherson.bsky.social They are amazing 🧡

hollyhoye.bsky.social•10 days ago

I hadn’t thought of Andrew Knack, he’d be a good candidate.

bcreality.bsky.social•10 days ago

Just imagine if the American Rempel-Garner lost her seat.

hollyhoye.bsky.social•10 days ago

That would be sweet.

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