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Gunter: Alberta separatist anger could raise fortunes of NDP leader Naheed Nenshi

The UCP’s bylaws allow 22 of the party’s 87 constituency associations to force a leadership review. But they all have to pass the very same motion to force the review

How does the name “Premier Naheed Nenshi” sound to you?

Recent polls show UCP Premier Danielle Smith is underwater, meaning those who disapprove of her job performance outnumber those who approve.

Gunter: Alberta separatist anger could raise fortunes of NDP leader Naheed Nenshi Back to video

The one consolation for Smith is that Opposition Leader Naheed Nenshi of the NDP isn’t much more popular.

And Smith’s UCP remains several points ahead of Nenshi’s NDP in most voter-preference polls.

If an election were held today, the likely result would be another UCP majority.

So why am I talking about a Nenshi government?

Because if the outrage-spewing, demand-making, tantrum-throwing separatists of the Alberta Prosperity Project and Stay Free Alberta carry through with their threat to undermine Smith and destabilize the UCP, that’s about the only path for the NDP to win next year’s provincial........

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