16 Responses for "EDMONTON-STRATHCONA"

1. Abigail Becker September 14th, 2008 at 4:20 pm 1

   All progressive voters should unite behind Linda Duncan to prevent Rahim (I can be in 2 places at once) Jaffer. This was a fairly close race last election. With the return of a very strong candidate in Duncan and the hopeful realization by Liberal supporters that Duncan is the only chance of preventing Jaffer win we can finally have a progressive voice for Strathcona.

2. Darcy Lindzon September 24th, 2008 at 2:34 pm 2

   I wish I we’re in Edmonton. I would volunteer for Linda’s campaign. Linda would not only be a progressive voice for Strathcona but a progressive voice for Alberta. Out here on the East Coast we know that there are many great Albertans whose voices have been silenced.

3. Robb Aishford September 28th, 2008 at 2:09 pm 3

   The last election (2006) where Ms. Duncan placed second was a mirage. For those in the NDP who think Linda can win this seat – frankly they are dreaming. The NDP will never form government not to mention be kept at third party status in the corner of the House. If voters want real progressive change and effective leadership for Edmonton-Strathcona they would vote Liberal. After all if you look at the results over the course of the previous elections… the NDP placed third to the Liberals. Ms. Duncan try as she might – cannot cut it. Smart, thoughtful residents of Edmonton-Strathcona should support Clauette Roy if they want real change.

4. Jennie Dailey-O'Cain (NDP) September 29th, 2008 at 6:37 am 4

   It fascinates me the way the Liberals are all attacking Linda instead of Jaffer and Harper. It shows where their real priorities lie in this riding–making sure their vote doesn’t decrease even further than it has, steadily, over the past five elections.

5. Darcy Lindzon September 29th, 2008 at 7:17 am 5

   Take a peak at this discussion forum:

   http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/riding/258/ridingtalk.html

   Looks like many Liberals are choosing to support Linda.

   as for Robb’s post…
   please post more…

   “Smart, thoughtful residents of Edmonton-Strathcona…” – have heard that argument before and they didn’t buy it before and they won’t buy it now.

6. Louise September 29th, 2008 at 9:39 am 6

   Like many people I like to play pollster by counting signs. But this is my first campaign in Edmonton, and I’m puzzled at the lack of signs in apartment windows. Is that not a custom here? I always had window signs when I lived in Ontario. I can see the convenience of having all the signs ourdoors and accessible to campaign volunteers who can quickly collect them for next time. But I guess that apartment-dwellers (whether by choice or by income) are more likely to vote NDP or Green than for the centre-right parties, so I think that sign-counting probably underestimates votes for the NDP and/or the Green candidates.

7. Ian September 30th, 2008 at 5:37 pm 7

   Many apartment dwellers near the University are immigrants (temporary foreign workers), or international students. There’s also a lot of apathy among renters.

8. Sam B. October 6th, 2008 at 8:02 am 8

   On another level. Did you hear one of Linda Duncan speeches? She’s amazing, inspiring and sincere.

   That is the 3rd time I am watching a clip of one of her speeches and I got to say that I really hope she will win her riding and play an important role in the NDP caucus (gov or opposition,…).

   It seems to be a close race and I really hope the NDP will win this riding with such an inspiring and smart candidate.

9. Sedate Me October 6th, 2008 at 9:37 am 9

   Louise,

   I’ve spent enough time in Alberta to know that Alberta is a one party state. The lack of signs is simply reflective of a lack of debate and a lack of viable options. Why put up signs when everybody votes the same way? There’s nobody left to convince and no need to convince them. It’s in the bag. Signs are just a waste of money.

   Outside of Edmonton and a few parts of Calgary, there is rarely anything that remotely resembles a race.

10. Yihoneskou October 6th, 2008 at 6:25 pm 10

    Latest polls (http://www.voterpourlenvironnement.org/node/70):

    Cons: 19882
    NDP: 18903
    Liber: 10287
    Green: 3380

11. Martin Hamel (Non-Partisan) October 9th, 2008 at 5:45 am 11

    God it would be refreshing to see an NDP seat in Alberta! The Conservatives are taking the whole province for granted, that would wake them up a little.

12. Darcy Lindzon October 10th, 2008 at 3:13 am 12

    This just came in from Linda’s Facebook page:

    We’re still looking for volunteers for the weekend and for Election Day! The numbers are VERY close in this race right now, and there is reason to believe that the election could be won or lost by only a few votes. If you have ANY time to spare, even if it’s just an hour or two, please call the campaign at (780) 438-2663 and ask to speak to Rob or Nicole. Thank you so much!

    http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2251996350&ref=mf

13. Ali October 10th, 2008 at 12:56 pm 13

    Just to let you guys know. We are just getting a lot of moderate Liberals moving over to our camp. And we seeing a lot of enthusiasm for our campaigns especially on our college campuses where young people are choosing to vote Conservative. Go Rahim! inch Allah it should translate into a close win for Rahim.

14. Darcy Lindzon October 12th, 2008 at 8:58 am 14

    I find it interesting that anyone would claim that a young person would ‘choose’ to vote conservative. The age old concept is that you are a liberal when you’re young, and you grow up to be a conservative.

    However, times have changed, and I can say from personal experience that I was a conservative when I was young and as I get older I move farther and farther to the left.

    My theory is that conservative ideology is easier to explain. The ideas like cutting taxes to boost productivity and concepts like ‘bootstrapism’ and the evils of ‘tax and spend’ are easy to grasp.

    As I’ve become older and wiser I’ve realized that the world is a much more complex place. I’ve discovered how some tax cuts lead to greed, and ‘bootstrapism’ is cruel to the poor and the physically and mentally challenged and that ‘tax and spend’ is only a marketing slogan.

    I sorely hope that our electorate would read more, and would have and take the time to study the issues and how they are all interconnected. But alas I fear we are sliding into illiteracy and are becoming the mob.

    Yet despite all of this, I call myself an optimist.

15. jonny October 13th, 2008 at 12:36 am 15

    Darcy, thank you for your comments. Hopefully as more of you generation die and fade away our country will become a better place.

16. Gamesover October 15th, 2008 at 10:16 am 16

    Way to go NDP! Nice to see that arrogant Jaffer lost, too bad his stuck up skanky girlfriend didn’t bite the dust in Ontario.