 
ANY IN ALBERTA'S HISTORY.
POLARIZING AND PERSONAL.
ENTITLEMENT AND INTOLERANCE 
ROLLED INTO ONE PACKAGE.
>> THIS IS COMING FROM THE CREW 
THAT REFERRED TO CONSERVATIVES 
AS SEWER RATS.
>> Rob: THE CONCERNS ARE MANY, 
JOBS, ENVIRONMENT, ECONOMY.
OUR VERY IDENTITY.
>> WE WILL KEEP GOVERNMENTS 
WORKING FOR YOU.
>> Rob: IS ALBERTA AS 
PROGRESSIVE AS THE ORANGE WAVE 
SUGGESTS?
OR IS IT TRUE --
>> WE CAN'T AFFORD TO CONTINUE 
WITH FOUR MORE YEARS.
>> Rob: OUR PROVINCE PREFERS 
CONSERVATIVE BLUE.
>> THIS IS ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE
OF ALBERTA IS GOING TO LOOK 
LIKE.
>> Rob: AND WILL THERE BE ROOM 
FOR OTHER VOICES IN THE 
LEGISLATURE?
>> ALBERTA VOTERS ARE READY FOR 
CHANGE.
>> Rob: WHERE IS ALBERTA GOING 
AND WHO WILL TAKE IT THERE?
TONIGHT, THE ANSWERS.
GOOD EVENING.
AND WELCOME.
I'M ROB BROWN.
TO OUR VIEWERS ACROSS ALBERTA 
AND CANADA ON CBC NEWS NETWORK 
AND ON Facebook, THIS IS ALBERTA
VOTES.
THE POLLS ARE NOW CLOSED AND 
WE'RE WAITING FOR THOSE RESULTS.
WAITING TO SEE HOW ALBERTANS 
REACTED TO ONE OF THE MOST 
CONTENTIOUS CAMPAIGNS IN OUR 
PROVINCE HISTORY.
WE HAVE ANALYSTS TO BRING YOU 
THE REACTION IN REALTIME.
KIM TRYNACITY, OUR PROVINCIAL 
AFFAIRS REPORTER IS LIVE AT 
N.D.P. HEADQUARTERS IN WHAT HAS 
BEEN FORTRESS EDMONTON FOR THE 
NEW DEMOCRATS.
AND BRYAN LABBY IS LIVE AT 
U.C.P. HEADQUARTERS DOWN AT THE 
BIG FOUR ON THE STAMPEDE GROUNDS
IN CALGARY.
ARE THE OPINION POLLS ACCURATE?
WILL JASON KENNEY BE ALBERTA'S 
NEXT PREMIER?
ALSO WITH US TONIGHT, PANEL OF 
POLITICAL EXPERTS TO HELP 
EXPLAIN WHAT IT ALL MEANS, NAJIB
JUTT, JANET BROWN AND GRAHAM 
THOMPSON.
WE'RE GOING TO CHECK IN WITH 
THEM THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE 
PANEL ABOUT THE RESULTS TONIGHT,
YOU CAN JOIN THE CONVERSATION ON
Facebook LIVE.
AND LET US KNOW WHAT IS ON YOUR 
MIND.
WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO GET YOU 
ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS 
THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.
SO, IF YOU'VE WATCHED AN 
ELECTION SHOW BEFORE YOU KNOW 
WHAT YOU WANT TO PAY ATTENTION 
IS THE GRAPHIC AT THE BOTTOM OF 
THE SCREEN.
THERE IS A SCOREBOARD.
THE NUMBERS YOU'LL SOON SEE 
THERE WILL REPRESENT WHO IS 
LEADING OR WHO IS ELECTED IN ALL
87 RIDINGS ACROSS THE PROVINCE.
THEY'RE GOING UP AND GOING DOWN 
UNTIL THE RESULTS FIRM UP.
BUT THE BIG STORY IS ALREADY ON 
THE SCOREBOARD.
THE NUMBER YOU WANT TO WATCH 
FOR.
IT'S THE MAGIC 44.
THAT'S THE NUMBER OF SEATS IT 
TAKES TO SECURE A MAJORITY 
GOVERNMENT HERE IN THE PROVINCE 
OF ALBERTA.
WHO WILL GET TO 44 FIRST?
AND THEN WHO WILL STAY THERE?
THAT'S THE PARTY THAT WILL WIN 
THIS ELECTION.
AND BRINGING US THOSE RESULTS AS
SOON AS THEY COME IN IS CBC 
NANCY CARLSON.
GOOD EVENING.
>> Nancy: GOOD EVENING, ROB.
>> Rob: YOU'RE STANDING NEXT TO 
A MAP, A LOT OF BLUE, A LOT OF 
ORANGE.
THIS IS 2015.
IT'S GOING TO LOOK DIFFERENT AT 
THE END OF THE NIGHT.
>> Nancy: I LIKE LOOKING AT THIS
MAP.
THE BIGGEST CHANGE WE'RE SEEING 
THIS YEAR IS THE MERGER BETWEEN 
THE TWO MAIN CONSERVATIVE 
PARTIES, THE WILDROSE AND THE 
PROGRESS, THEY JOINED INTO THE 
UNITED CONSERVATIVE PARTY.
THAT MEANS THE VOTE SPLITTING ON
THE RIGHT THAT HELPED THE N.D.P.
WIN FOUR YEARS AGO IS NOT HERE.
ANOTHER BIG CHANGE.
THE REDISTRIBUTION.
THE BOUNDARIES OF EVERY PROVINCE
HAS CHANGED.
MORE ADVANCED POLL LOCATIONS.
AND VOTE ANYWHERE.
700,000 ADVANCED BALLOTS WERE 
CAST AND BECAUSE OF VOTE 
ANYWHERE, 223,000 PEOPLE VOTED 
OUTSIDE THEIR RIDINGS AND 
ELECTIONS ALBERTA HAS DECIDED 
THOSE VOTES WON'T BE COUNTED 
UNTIL TOMORROW.
SO THERE WILL NOT BE FINAL 
RESULTS FROM ANY RIDING.
PLUS, IN ANY RIDING THAT IS TOO 
CLOSE TO CALL, WE WON'T EVEN BE 
ABLE TO PROJECT A WINNER 
TONIGHT.
>> Rob: SO IF THE OVERALL RACE 
IS SUPER CLOSE AND COMES DOWN TO
THE RIDINGS THAT IS REALLY 
CLOSE, TWO POLLS FROM EVERY 
RIDING, HELD BACK THAT VOTE 
ANYWHERE AND THE VOTE DOESN'T 
BEGIN UNTIL TOMORROW.
IT COULD BE A LONG NIGHT, WEEK, 
DID YOU PACK A TOOTHBRUSH?
>> I'M PREPARED FOR THIS.
>> Rob: WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO
YOU BRINGING THE RESULTS.
NOTHING ON THE SCOREBOARD YET.
LET'S TURN THINGS OVER TO KIM 
TRYNACITY AT N.D.P. H.Q. HERE IN
EDMONTON.
THAT'S CHERYL OATES, THE 
PREMIER'S PRESS SECRETARY.
SHE'S SMILING, KIM, THIS MEANS 
GOOD THINGS AT THIS EARLY HOUR 
OF THE POLLS HAVE CLOSED?
>> Reporter: FOR SURE.
CHERYL OATES IN THIS CAPACITY, 
YOU'RE THE SENIOR CAMPAIGN 
ADVISOR.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
>> YOU KNOW, FEELING ANXIOUS AS 
THE POLLS COME IN, BUT FEELING 
CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC AND ALSO 
INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE CAMPAIGN
THAT WE'VE RUN AND INCREDIBLY 
GRATEFUL TO ALL OF THE 
VOLUNTEERS ACROSS THE PROVINCE, 
IN CALGARY AND EDMONTON AS WELL,
GRATEFUL TO THE CANDIDATES THAT 
HAVE RUN.
AT THE END OF THE DAY WE'LL BE 
PROUD OF THE CAMPAIGN AND OUR 
PARTY HAS NEVER BEEN STRONGER 
THAN IT IS TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: I HAVE TO ASK YOU, 
THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, RACHEL 
NOTLEY HAS GIVEN NEWS 
CONFERENCES AND HER VOICE HAS 
SOUNDED PRETTY DODGY AT TIMES.
HOW IS SHE DOING?
>> Reporter: WE HAD THIS COLD, 
THIS SORT OF SICKNESS AROUND THE
BUS AND AROUND H.Q. AND SHE HELD
OFF FOR A VERY LONG TIME IN 
GEEING IT, UNFORTUNATELY, HAS 
CAUGHT IT AT THE END.
BUT SHE'S FEELING A LITTLE UNDER
THE WEATHER, BUT YOU'LL SEE HER 
HERE NONETHELESS.
>> Reporter: THERE IS A LOT OF 
TALK ABOUT WHY SO MUCH 
NEGATIVITY?
WHY KEEP ON GOING AFTER JASON 
KENNEY AND HIS CANDIDATES OVER 
AND OVER AGAIN.
HOW DO YOU THINK THAT HAS WORKED
OUT FOR YOU?
>> I WOULD ARGUE THAT WE HAVE 
TALKED ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT 
MATTER TO ALBERTANS EVERY DAY OF
THIS CAMPAIGN.
RACHEL NOTLEY STOOD UP ON DAY 
ONE AND TALKED ABOUT A PLAN FOR 
JOBS, A PLAN FOR 
DIVERSIFICATION.
WE TALKED ABOUT PROTECTING 
HEALTH CARE, PROTECTING 
EDUCATION.
WE TALKED ABOUT BRINGING IN A 
$25-A-DAY DAYCARE PROGRAMME FOR 
PARENTS ACROSS THE PROVINCE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY ALBERTANS 
DESERVE TO KNOW THE HISTORY OF 
THEIR LEADERS.
YES, WE DID TELL THEM ABOUT HIS 
RECORD ON WOMEN'S RIGHT TO 
CHOOSE AND THE LGBTQ RIGHTS.
AT THE END, THEY'LL MAKE A 
DECISION.
>> Reporter: BACK TO YOU, ROB.
>> Rob: SPEAKING WITH THE 
CAMPAIGN OFFICIAL WITH THE 
N.D.P. CAMP EARLIER TODAY AND 
ASKING ABOUT THAT NEGATIVITY.
AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAD 
CONCERNS ABOUT BLOW-BACK FROM 
THAT.
THE RESPONSE WAS, HEY, IT'S A 
CAMPAIGN.
THIS IS POLITICS.
PERSON GOT HIS BACK UP A LITTLE 
BIT.
YOU DRAW A CONTRAST.
WE'LL SEE IF THAT STRATEGY IS 
EFFECTIVE AS THOSE RESULTS COME 
IN TONIGHT.
IN THE MEANTIME, JASON KENNEY 
HAS BEEN PLAGUED BY A CLOUD OF 
CONTROVERSY.
A LOT OF SELF-INFLICTED WOUNDS 
THROUGH THE CAMPAIGN.
BRYAN LABBY, LARGELY IGNORING 
THE CONTROVERSY IS WHAT JASON 
KENNEY'S STRATEGY HAS BEEN AND 
HE'S BEEN TRYING TO CHANNEL THE 
ANXIETY, THE ANGER AROUND THE 
STATE OF THE ECONOMY.
HOW ARE PEOPLE THERE AT U.C.P. 
HEADQUARTERS FEELING ABOUT THE 
PROSPECT OF A FIRST EVER U.C.P. 
GOVERNMENT TONIGHT?
>> Reporter: WELL, THEY'RE 
FEELING PRETTY GOOD.
IT'S LIKE A PARTY ATMOSPHERE 
DOWN HERE.
THE BAND HAS TAKEN A BREAK, BUT 
THE MUSIC HAS BEEN PLAYING SINCE
7:00.
PEOPLE WERE DANCING.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO GRABBED A 
FRONT ROW SEAT ABOUT AN HOUR 
AGO, IF NOT LONGER.
PEOPLE ARE FILING IN.
WE'RE EXPECTING TO SEE ABOUT A 
THOUSAND PEOPLE HERE.
AND PEOPLE SPECIFICALLY ARE 
LOOKING TO JASON KENNEY FOR 
ANSWERS.
I JUST MET WITH ONE ENGINEER, 
AND HE IS SAYING THAT HE'S BEEN 
OUT OF WORK SINCE JUNE OF LAST 
YEAR.
HE SAID THAT JASON KENNEY -- 
HE'S CONFIDENT THAT JASON KENNEY
IS THE LEADER WHO CAN GET HIM 
BACK TO WORK.
THAT'S THE KEY FOR HIM.
I WAS CHATTING A MICHELLE 
REMPEL, AND SHE IS SAYING, 
LISTEN, THIS WHOLE NOTION OF HOW
THE CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN DOGGED BY 
CONTROVERSY, IT IS JUST SERVING 
AS A DISTRACTION THAT PEOPLE 
WANTED TO FOCUS ON JOBS, THE 
ECONOMY AND PIPELINES.
AND SHE SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, 
LISTEN, IT'S RACHEL NOTLEY WHO 
HAS RUN THIS VERY NEGATIVE 
CAMPAIGN TO VILIFY JASON KENNEY 
AND SHE SAYS THAT BASICALLY THIS
IS GOING TO BACK FIRE AND SHE'S 
THINKING JASON KENNEY WILL BE 
SUCCESSFUL TONIGHT AND HE WILL 
BE ABLE TO GET ALBERTANS BACK TO
WORK, LIKE THIS ENGINEER WHO I 
WAS CHATTING WITH, WHO IS 
DESPERATE TO FIND WORK.
>> Rob: FEELING SO CONFIDENT AT 
U.C.P. HEADQUARTERS.
THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF 
THEATRE PLANNED FOR JASON 
KENNEY'S ARRIVAL.
BRING US UP TO SPEED ON THAT.
>> Reporter: YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
WE KNOW ABOUT THE BLUE -- THE 
DODGE RAM BLUE PICKUP TRUCK WITH
UNITED STRONG AND FREE WRITTEN 
ON THE SIDE.
THAT TRUCK IS GOING TO ROLL INTO
THE BIG FLOOR TONIGHT.
JASON KENNEY IS EXPECTED TO BE 
BEHIND THE WHEEL.
HE'S GOING TO PULL UP TO THE 
STAGE, GET OUT AND DELIVER WHAT 
HE IS HOPING WILL BE A VICTORY 
SPEECH.
>> Rob: JASON KENNEY HAS BEEN 
DRIVING THAT TRUCK.
COUNTLESS CLICKS ACROSS THE 
PROVINCE, ALL CORNERS, SORT OF A
SYMBOL TO HIS ATTACHMENT TO THE 
WORKER, TRYING TO GET PEOPLE 
BACK TO WORK.
EXPECT HIM TO ARRIVE LATER ON 
THIS EVENING AT THE BIG FOUR, 
DOWN AT THE STAMPEDE GROUNDS.
WE'RE ABOUT 10 MINUTES PAST 
8:00.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY RIDINGS 
REPORT YET OUT OF THE 87.
WE'RE STILL WAITING.
WE HAVE TO REMIND PEOPLE THE WAY
THE SYSTEM WORKS.
PEOPLE ARE HAND-COUNTING THOSE 
BALLOTS.
A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS.
THE HAND COUNT SOMETIMES TAKES A
LOT OF TIME AND RESULTS FLOOD 
IN.
WE'RE GOING TO BRING THEM, BUT 
JUDGING BY THE TURNOUT AT THE 
ADVANCE, YOU HAVE TO WONDER HOW 
MANY BALLOTS THEY HAVE TO SIFT 
THROUGH.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE BIG
TWO, BUT THERE ARE MORE THAN 
JUST TWO PARTIES IN THE RACE.
THE ALBERTA PARTY COULD MAKE A 
DENT EVEN IF THE CANDIDATES 
DON'T CAPTURE SEATS, BECAUSE 
THEY COULD TAKE VOTES AWAY FROM 
THE U.C.P. AND THE N.D.P. FOR 
THAT MATTER.
REALISTICALLY, WHAT DO YOU THINK
THE PARTY IS EXPECTING TONIGHT?
>> Reporter: REALISTICALLY, THE 
PARTY SAYS THEY'RE VERY, VERY 
OPTIMISTIC.
BEFORE THE SHOW, I WAS TALKING 
TO THE CENTRAL CAMPAIGN 
ORGANIZER AND HE SAID, WE'RE 
HOPEFUL FOR ALL 44 SEATS, A 
MAJORITY, BUT REALISTICALLY, HE 
SAID THEY THINK THEY CAN SQUEAK 
OUT A KEY RIDING THEY'RE HOPEFUL
TO GET IS CLARK IN 
CALGARY-ELBOW.
HE WAS THE ONLY CANDIDATE TO GET
A SEAT IN 2015 UNDER THE ALBERTA
PARTY BANNER.
THEY HAD THREE SEATS COMING INTO
THE ELECTION.
TWO OF THOSE WERE FROM FORD 
CROSSING.
HE IS NOT RUNNING TONIGHT.
SHE HAS CROSSED THE FLOOR.
RICK FRASER IN CALGARY, HE IS 
RUNNING TONIGHT AND THAT IS ONE 
OF THE SEATS THEY DO THINK THEY 
CAN HOLD ONTO.
THE BRAND NEW RIDING, THEY THINK
THEY HAVE A CHANCE THERE.
AND EDMONTON RIVERVIEW, SO THEY 
THINK THEY CAN HOLD THOSE 10-12 
SEATS.
>> Rob: THE BIG QUESTION, CAN 
THE LEADER IN McCLUNG.
WE HAVE A RIDING REPORTING.
ONE NUMBER ON THE BOARD.
IT'S BREAKING IN FAVOUR OF THE 
U.C.P.
I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU HOW 
EARLY IT IS IN THE NIGHT.
BUT NANCY CARLSON, YOU CAN BREAK
DOWN THE DETAILS OF THE RIDING.
>> Nancy: YES, SO AGAIN IT IS 
THE U.C.P. WE'RE LOOKING AT.
THIS IS DRAYTON VALLEY.
STILL EARLY IN THE NIGHT.
THIS RIDING MADE HEADLINES 
BECAUSE OF THE U.C.P. CANDIDATE 
FOR QUESTIONABLE COMMENTS THAT 
HE'S MADE DURING THE CAMPAIGN 
AND BEFORE THE CAMPAIGN.
AGAIN, WE ARE EARLY IN THE 
NIGHT, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING 
AT THE U.C.P. TAKING AN EARLY 
LEAD OVER THE N.D.P. IN DRAYTON 
VALLEY DEVON.
ONE OF THE THINGS TO MENTION 
HERE, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE 
TWO MAJOR CITIES.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CALGARY AND 
HOW THAT HAS BEEN A BATTLE 
GROUND, BUT WE'RE ALREADY 
STARTING TO SEE THE REST OF 
ALBERTA, IT MATTERS.
IT MATTERS IN THIS ELECTION.
EVERY NUMBER WE'RE GOING TO SEE 
ON THE BOARD TONIGHT COUNTS.
>> Rob: THANK YOU, NANCY.
NO SURPRISE THAT THE U.C.P. IS 
LEADING IN THAT RIDING, BUT 
MAYBE A BIT OF SURPRISE 
CONSIDERING WHAT HAPPENED WITH 
THAT CANDIDATE.
MARK SMITH, FOR THOSE OUTSIDE OF
ALBERTA, A FORMER WILDROSE MLA 
AND DURING THIS CAMPAIGN, CAME 
TO LIGHT HE DELIVERED A SERMON 
WHERE HE PUT GAY LOVE BESIDE 
PEDOPHILIA.
THAT CAME TO LIGHT AND JASON 
KENNEY REFUSED TO CUT MARK SMITH
LOOSE AS A CANDIDATE.
THAT CAUSED A FUROR.
AND JANET, I KNOW YOU HAVE 
THOUGHTS WHY KENNEY DIDN'T DO 
THAT.
YOU THINK HE'S GAMING THINGS OUT
TO HIM HAVING GOVERNMENT AND 
ASSUMING WHAT?
>> I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS 
THAT JASON KENNEY IS REALLY 
WORRIED ABOUT IS NOT THE PARTIES
TO THE LET OF HIM -- LEFT OF 
HIM, BUT ONE PARTY TO THE RIGHT 
OF HIM.
THERE IS A DISSATISFIED WILDROSE
MEMBER WHO WAS PART OF THE UNITY
EFFORT BUT THEN BECAME 
DISENCHANTED WITH JASON KENNEY.
THIS IS DEREK FILDEBRANDT.
HE STARTED HIS OWN PARTY CALLED 
THE FREEDOM CONSERVATIVE PARTY.
I THINK JASON KENNEY IS TRYING 
TO HOLD ONTO HIS 
ULTRACONSERVATIVE BASE BECAUSE 
HE DOESN'T WANT FILLED BRAND TO 
GET ONE SEAT IN THE LEGISLATURE.
JASON KENNEY WORKED HARD TO PUT 
P.C. AND THE WILDROSE TOGETHER.
HE WAS ACTIVE PUTTING THOSE TWO 
RIGHT WING PARTIES TOGETHER.
I SAW WHEN HE WOULDN'T APOLOGIZE
DURING THE ADLER INTERVIEW, WHEN
HE WOULDN'T DISMISS MARK SMITH, 
YOU THOUGHT HE WOULD FOREGO FIVE
SEATS.
>> Rob: IT WAS TOO LATE TO GET 
ANOTHER CANDIDATE ON THE BALLOT.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS 
FOR MARK SMITH, YOU HAVE TO 
WONDER IF MARK SMITH WASN'T THE 
U.C.P. CANDIDATE, WOULD THE 
N.D.P. GET THE RIDING OR WOULD 
THE FREEDOM CONSERVATIVE PARTY.
WE HAVE MORE RESULTS.
NANCY?
>> Nancy: AS YOU'RE SEEING AT 
THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN THERE, 
MORE RESULTS COMING IN.
LET'S START HERE WITH BROOKS 
MEDICINE HAT.
THIS IS A NEW RIDING.
WE TALKED ABOUT REDISTRIBUTION 
EARLIER.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE RIDINGS 
THAT CAME OUT OF THAT.
THE U.C.P. SO FAR IN THE LEAD 
FOR THIS.
THIS IS A NEW RIDING.
WE'RE KEEPING OUR EYES ON THIS 
ONE.
ONCE WE MOVE TO SOUTHERN 
ALBERTA, WE'RE LOOKING AT -- 
AGAIN, WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON 
SOME OF THE OTHER NUMBERS THERE.
WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON THE 
RURAL AREAS AS WELL AS THE URBAN
CENTRES.
>> Rob: EARLY RIGHT NOW.
ONLY THREE RIDINGS REPORTING 
RIGHT NOW.
FOR THOSE FOLLOWING AT HOME, YOU
HAVE A HORSE RACE.
2-1.
NO OTHER PARTIES POPPING UP.
LET'S FOCUS ON THE N.D.P.
WE WERE JUST TALKING STRATEGY 
AROUND THE DECISION REGARDING 
MARK SMITH.
LET'S BRING THINGS BACK TO THE 
STRATEGY THE N.D.P. HAD FROM DAY
ONE TRYING TO APPEAL, RACHEL 
NOTLEY WAS, TO SOFT U.C.P. 
SUPPORTERS.
SO REALLY RED TORIES.
THE OLD P.C. TYPES WHO SUPPORTED
THAT PARTY FOR MORE THAN FOUR 
DECADES.
WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM OUR 
Facebook LIVE CONVERSATION.
I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO JOIN 
THAT BY THE WAY, IF YOU'RE 
WATCHING AT HOME.
GIVEN THE CRITICISM OF THE 
N.D.P. STRATEGY, THE NEGATIVITY,
A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T LIKE IT, 
WHY DIDN'T THEY ADJUST THE 
STRATEGY TO FOCUS ON THEIR 
RECORD?
ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING WHAT 
WE'RE SEEING IN THE POLLS 
TIGHTENING AND THE U.C.P. 
LEADING.
>> LISTEN, NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING 
WORKS.
THAT'S WHY PEOPLE DO IT.
IT DIVIDES PEOPLE.
AND THE N.D.P. DIDN'T THINK OF 
IT AS NEGATIVE.
THEY THOUGHT OF IT AS BRINGING A
SPOTLIGHT ON THE TRUTH.
I ACTUALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY 
THE N.D.P. DIDN'T USE MORE OF A 
SURROGATE STRATEGY.
THE PREMIER HAS A LOT OF STRONG 
SPEAKERS IN HER PARTY THAT SHE 
COULD HAVE USED TO GET THAT 
MESSAGE OUT WHILE STAYING ABOVE 
THE FRAY AND FOCUSED ON THE 
ECONOMY.
PHILLIPS, ALL THESE GUYS, COULD 
HAVE BEEN USED TO GET THE 
MESSAGE OUT WHILE SHE STAYED 
ABOVE THE FRAY, INSTEAD OF 
ACTING LIKE AN OPPOSITION 
LEADER.
I THINK AFTER THE LEADERSHIP 
DEBATE, THEY LEARNED THAT LESSON
AND I DID SAY A CHANGE IN THE 
TONE.
MORE FOCUS ON THE RECORD, MORE 
FOCUS ON THE PLANS FOR THE 
FUTURE.
>> Rob: I GUESS THE FLIP SIDE OF
USING THE SURROGATE, FRANKLY, 
THE MEDIA WOULDN'T PAY AS MUCH 
AS ATTENTION TO SARAH HOFFMAN AS
THEY WOULD RACHEL NOTLEY.
>> THE N.D.P. IS ALL ABOUT 
RACHEL NOTLEY.
SHE IS THE PARTY.
SHE BASICALLY WON THE ELECTION 
FOR THEM IN 2015.
SO PEOPLE PAY ATTENTION TO 
NOTLEY.
THE PROBLEM IS OF COURSE, PEOPLE
LIKE HER AND IF SHE WAS TO GO 
TOO NEGATIVE, IT TENDS TO BE A 
NEGATIVE FOR OTHER BRAND.
IT TARNISHING THE IMAGE.
THE N.D.P. IS CAUGHT.
IF IT'S THE ECONOMY, JOBS AND 
PIPELINES, IT'S A PROBLEM 
BECAUSE THE ECONOMY IS SLOWING 
DOWN AGAIN IN ALBERTA, JOBLESS 
RATE IS UP IN EDMONTON AND 
CALGARY AND THERE IS NO 
PIPELINE.
SO THEY THOUGHT THEY COULDN'T 
CAMPAIGN ON THAT, SO THEY GAVE 
THOSE ISSUES TO KENNEY AND THAT 
WAS A MISTAKE.
>> Rob: THEY DID PUT A LOT OF 
PRESSURE ON RACHEL NOTLEY AS A 
RESULT BECAUSE IT WAS HER BRAND.
YOU NOTICE THAT THE ORANGE HAS 
DROPPED OFF THE SCOREBOARD.
AS I SAID, THE NUMBERS ARE GOING
TO CHANGE.
THEY'RE GOING UP, DOWN.
NANCY IS HERE TO BRING US UP TO 
SPEED.
>> Nancy: YOU'RE REALLY KEEPING 
ME ON MY TOES TONIGHT.
AS THE NUMBERS ARE STARTING TO 
COME IN, ONE SECOND YOU SEE ONE 
PARTY IN THE LEAD AND THEN MORE 
BALLOTS ARE COUNTED AND IT 
SWITCHES.
SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE 
THE U.C.P. IS SITTING IN THE 
PROVINCE RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE LOOKING AT DRUMHELLER 
STETTLER.
SO U.C.P. INCUMBENT THERE, 
HOLDING ONTO THIS RIDING.
DRUMHELLER STETTLER.
WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON THIS.
SO EARLY IN THE NIGHT.
I WANT TO STRESS THAT.
I HAVE THE FUN JOB TONIGHT.
SORRY TO BREAK IT TO YOU, ROB, 
BUT I FEEL LIKE I HAVE THE FUN 
JOB TO BRING YOU THE DETAILS AS 
SOON AS THEY COME AVAILABLE.
SO THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT INNSIFAIL 
SYLVAIN LIKE.
DREESHEN OVER THE N.D.P. AND THE
ALBERTA PARTY, SMALL NUMBERS 
THERE.
THIS IS RIDING THAT THE N.D.P. 
IS GOING TO BE KEEPING AN EYE 
ON.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT DANIELLE 
LARIVEE, CABINET MINISTER.
THE N.D.P. AS PA PARTY WANTS TO 
HOLD ONTO THIS RIDING.
STILL EARLY IN THE NIGHT, BUT IS
THIS A SIGN OF WHAT IS TO COME?
WE'LL ONLY BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE
QUESTION AS THE NIGHT GOES ON.
>> Rob: THAT IS IMPORTANT, 
DANIELLE LARIVEE, MINISTER OF 
CHILDREN SERVICES, SO SUPER 
IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE
TO HANG ONTO THEIR VOTE OUTSIDE 
FORTRESS EDMONTON.
CALGARY IS A CONCERN.
THE FORMULA IS THIS IN ALBERTA.
THERE ARE THREE BIG DISTRICTS 
THAT ARE AT PLAY.
YOU HAVE THE TWO MAJOR URBAN 
CENTRES.
CALGARY, EDMONTON.
YOU HAVE THE REST OF THE 
PROVINCE.
SO TRADITIONALLY, A PARTY THAT 
WINS TWO OF THOSE IS GOING TO 
FIND A PATH TO POWER TO THE 
SEATS OUTSIDE OF EDMONTON 
CRUCIAL TO THE N.D.P. AND AT 
THIS POINT AS NANCY POINTED OUT,
CABINET MINISTER IS TRAILING 
THERE.
ANOTHER ONE YOU POINTED OUT 
THERE WAS DRUMHELLER STETTLER.
IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO 
KEEP AN EYE ON THAT ONE.
COULD BE THE WIDEST MARGIN FOR 
THE U.C.P. OF ANY IN THE 
PROVINCE.
COULD BE THE MOST CONSERVATIVE 
RIDING IN CANADA.
AND THERE WAS AN INCUMBENT THERE
RUNNING AS INDEPENDENT SO SHOULD
BE INTERESTING TO WATCH IF -- 
THE LATEST NUMBERS THAT ARE 
COMING IN, WE'RE LOOKING AT 
HIGHWOOD.
THE U.C.P., I MEAN, SMALL 
NUMBERS HERE, BUT IT IS MAKING A
DIFFERENCE.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE KEEPING 
AN EYE ON.
AGAIN, BIG CITIES, RURAL AREAS.
THE N.D.P. OBVIOUSLY LOOKING TO 
HOLD OFF TO AS MUCH AS AS IT 
CAN.
ACROSS THE PROVINCE, THE N.D.P. 
SITTING AT 6.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR 44.
THAT'S THE KEY NUMBER.
>> Rob: WE HAVE SIX REPORTING.
MOST OF THEM OUTSIDE THE BIG 
CITIES AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL.
IT MAKES SENSE, WHEN YOU 
CONSIDER THE VOTE COUNT IS NOT 
GOING TO BE AS HIGH THERE, SO 
WE'RE SEEING THE RESULTS AS 
OPPOSED TO URBAN RIDINGS.
N.D.P. BACK ON THE BOARD.
YOU WANT TO GIVE US THAT ONE.
>> Nancy: WHY NOT, ROB?
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE THE 
N.D.P. IS GETTING ONTO THE BOARD
HERE.
I BELIEVE IT IS IN EDMONTON.
SO THIS IS EDMONTON HIGHLANDS 
NORWOOD.
THIS IS BRIAN MASON'S FORMER 
RIDING, BUT JANIS IRWIN HOLDING 
ON.
AGAIN, N.D.P., THAT IS WHERE 
THEY'RE MAKING THEIR WAY ON THE 
BOARD THERE IN EDMONTON 
HIGHLANDS NORWOOD.
>> Rob: THAT'S A MUST HOLD.
FORMER LEADER, LONG TIME MLA, 
CABINET MINISTER.
LET'S GO DOWN TO N.D.P. 
HEADQUARTERS.
KIM TRYNACITY STANDING BY.
WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE SEAT 
LEADING WHERE THE N.D.P. ARE 
LEADING, KIM, BUT JUST LOOKING 
AT WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE 
PARTY FORMULATING BEHIND YOU, 
LOOKS THIN SO FAR?
>> Reporter: THEY'RE TRICKLING 
IN, ROB.
THEY HAVE A ROOM NEXT DOOR AS 
WELL WHERE THE DRINKING AND 
EATING HAPPENS AND SO THEY COME 
OVER TO WATCH THE RESULTS.
I'M NOT SURE IF PEOPLE ARE 
DRINKING AND EATING MORE THAN 
LOOKING AT THE RESULTS.
THEY'RE TRICKLING IN.
LOTS OF ORANGE T-SHIRTS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE SERIOUS IN THE 
SEATS WATCHING THE RESULTS.
OTHERS ARE RELAXED AND RELIEVED 
ALMOST THAT IT'S FINALLY OVER.
I WAS SPEAKING TO THE SENIOR 
ADVISOR IN THE CAMPAIGN, SHE 
SAID, WELL, THIS IS THE MOST 
RELAXED SHE'S BEEN IN A ROBERTO 
LUONGO      -- LONG, LONG TIME.
THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO 
NOW.
POLLS ARE CLOSED, ALL THEY CAN 
DO IS WATCH THE RESULTS POUR IN.
RACHEL NOTLEY HERSELF IS 
WATCHING THE RESULTS AT THE 
HOTEL WITH HER FAMILY.
LATER ON THIS EVENING, SHE WILL 
ADDRESS THE CROWD, WHICH IS 
EXPECTED TO BE MORE THAN A 
THOUSAND PEOPLE TONIGHT.
WE'LL SEE HOW MANY COME DOWN AND
SUPPORT RACHEL NOTLEY ONE MORE 
TIME BEFORE WE FINALLY KNOW WHAT
HAPPENS WITH ALL THE RESULTS.
>> Rob: IF RACHEL NOTLEY IS 
WATCHING THE RESULTS, SHE SAW 
THAT N.D.P. SEAT THAT THEY WERE 
LEADING IN EDMONTON FALL OFF THE
SCOREBOARD.
SO THINGS ARE CHANGING OUT 
THERE.
IT'S EARLY, BUT THINGS ARE 
LOOKING PROMISING AT THIS STAGE 
FOR THE U.C.P.
>> YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE COUNTS 
GO UP AS WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE 
OF THOSE BALLOTS BEING COUNTED.
JANIS IRWIN WAS LEADING IN THE 
RIDING, BUT THAT SWITCHED OVER.
NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT PEACE 
RIVER.
AGAIN, YOU HAVE THE U.C.P. 
LEADING.
THAT'S PART OF WHERE WE SEE THE 
EIGHT FROM.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT 37, 9 AND 4, 
SMALL NUMBERS.
THE N.D.P. LOOKING LIKE THEY'RE 
MAKING A COMEBACK ON THE BOTTOM.
BUT WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON 
THIS, BECAUSE IT'S EXPECTED TO 
FLIP BACK AND FORTH FOR A LITTLE
WHILE HERE.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT 
EDMONTON-DECORE.
THIS ONE, AGAIN, ARE THEY GOING 
TO BE ABLE TO HOLD ON?
THAT IS A BIG QUESTION WE'LL BE 
LOOKING TO ANSWER.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE N.D.P. 
MAKING THEIR WAY ONTO THE BOARD 
AS THE NUMBERS ARE STARTING TO 
COME IN.
ROB, I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO
BE LONG BEFORE I'M TALKING TO 
YOU AGAIN.
>> Rob: LET'S GET QUICKLY DOWN 
TO BRYAN LABBY AT U.C.P. 
HEADQUARTERS.
I'LL GET BACK TO YOU SHORTLY.
IN FAVOUR OF THE U.C.P. STILL, 
12-4, LEADING IN THE RIDINGS 
REPORTED SO FAR.
IT'S A TALE OF TWO CITIES, TALE 
OF TWO HEADQUARTERS FOR THE 
PARTIES.
RELATIVELY QUIET IN EDMONTON, 
BUT THE PARTY IS PICKING UP 
WHERE YOU ARE AT THE STAMPEDE 
GROUNDS.
>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT.
THERE HAS BEEN A SMATTERING OF 
APPLAUSE.
U.C.P. LEADING IN FOUR.
LEADING IN 6.
WE'RE UP TO 12 NOW.
APPLAUSE IS GROWING.
YOU CAN FEEL THE MOMENT 
MOMENTUM.
A LOT OF HAPPY FACES.
IT SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE ARE SO FAR 
THRILLED WITH WHAT THEY'RE 
SEEING.
>> Rob: THANK YOU.
TO BATTLE GROUND EDMONTON AS THE
NUMBERS SHIFT.
WE'RE GETTING A CLOSER LOOK AT 
HOW THINGS ARE PLAYING OUT IN 
THE CAPITAL.
>> Nancy: THIS IS AN AREA THAT 
THE N.D.P. WANTED TO HOLD ONTO.
AND IT LOOKS AS THOUGH EARLY ON 
IT IS ABLE TO HOLD ONTO KEY 
PLACES HERE IN THE CITIES.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT EDMONTON CITY 
CENTRE.
DAVID SHEPHERD HOLDING ONTO 
THAT.
EDMONTON McCLUNG.
PAY ATTENTION TO THIS ONE.
STEPHEN MANDEL, THE LEADER OF 
THE ALBERTA PARTY.
HE IS LOOKING TO MAKE INROADS.
WILL HE TAKE THE POWER AWAY FROM
THE N.D.P. IN THE RIDING?
STILL EARLY, BUT THAT'S ONE 
WE'RE WATCHING.
THAT IS EDMONTON McCLUNG.
ACTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO CALGARY 
NORTHWEST AND THE U.C.P. MAKING 
INROADS.
PERHAPS ALL OF THE EFFORT THEY 
PUT INTO GETTING INTO CALGARY IS
GOING TO BE WORKING.
WE'LL HAVE TO KEEP EYES OUT FOR 
THAT.
BACK TO EDMONTON HERE.
A NAME THAT MANY PEOPLE 
RECOGNIZE.
LORI SIGURDSON, AGAIN WITH THE 
N.D.P. THERE.
HOLDING ONTO THAT SEAT.
WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT 
ONE.
AND EDMONTON-RUTHERFORD.
WE HAVE RICHARD FEEHAN DROPPING 
BEHIND THE U.C.P. THERE.
WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT 
ONE.
HERE IN ST. ALBERT, THE ALBERTA 
PARTY.
SO AGAIN, WE HAVE A THIRD LINE 
IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.
WE'LL BE KEEPING AN EYE TO SEE 
WHERE THAT IS.
OBVIOUSLY, THE LIBERALS, WE 
HAVEN'T SEEN THEM ON THE BOARD 
AT THE BOTTOM, SO WE'LL BE 
TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT AS 
THE NIGHT PROGRESSES.
>> Rob: IF THE N.D.P. IS GOING 
TO HOLD ONTO POWER, THEY NEED TO
HOLD ONTO EDMONTON AND NOT JUST 
EDMONTON.
THAT ST. ALBERT RIDING IS A BIT 
OF A BELLWETHER FOR THEM.
SAW ONE CABINET MINISTER WHO IS 
TRAILING IN THE CLUSTER.
ANOTHER WHO IS OUT FRONT.
SO EARLY DAYS, EARLY HOURS, 
EARLY MINUTES, CAN'T READ A LOT 
INTO THEM YET.
BUT LET'S SEE WHAT THE PANEL HAS
TO SAY.
WE HAVE A GOOD CHUNK ON THE 
BOARD.
WE HAVE WHAT APPEARS TO BE A 
COMPETITIVE RACE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF WHAT YOU'RE
SEEING SO FAR?
>> SO FAR NOTHING SURPRISING.
THESE ARE REALLY SMALL NUMBERS.
A LOT OF THE RIDINGS THAT ARE 
REPORTING ONLY HAVE ONE OR TWO 
POLLS IN.
SO IT'S STILL EARLY, BUT THIS IS
THE WAY WE EXPECTED IT TO BREAK.
MOST OF THE RIDINGS COMING IN, 
IT SEEMS WE HAVE A BIG FOCUS ON 
THE RURAL RIDINGS RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN TOO MUCH FROM 
CALGARY.
IT'S WHAT WE EXPECTED.
>> YOU'RE A POLLSTER, 5,000 
VOTES REPORTING.
A HEALTHY SAMPLE.
>> IT'S ONLY A GOOD SAMPLE IF 
IT'S REPRESENTATIVE AND WE DON'T
KNOW WHERE THE VOTES ARE COMING 
FROM, SO WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE
WHOLE PROVINCE.
>> Rob: WE HAVEN'T SEEN A LOOT 
FROM THE CITIES, WHAT WE HAVE 
SEEN IN THE CITIES AND 
PARTICULAR HERE IN THE CAPITAL, 
GRAHAM, WHERE YOU WORK OUT OF, 
THE LEGISLATURE, AS THOSE RIDING
BOARDS PASS THROUGH, WHAT WAS 
STANDING OUT FOR YOU?
>> THE FACT THAT THE U.C.P. IS 
QUITE CLOSE IN SOME OF THE 
RIDINGS.
THIS IS THE RIDINGS THAT THE 
N.D.P. IS NOT SURE OF.
IT'S EARLY MINUTES.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
BUT THE FACT THAT U.C.P. AND 
N.D.P. WERE GOING BACK AND 
FORTH.
THE N.D.P. IS CONVINCED IT'S 
GOING TO DO WELL IN EDMONTON.
BUT IF THE NUMBERS ARE AS 
CLOSE -- IF THEY CONTINUE TO BE 
THAT CLOSE, IT'S GOING TO BE THE
PROBLEM FOR THE N.D.P.
>> Rob: AND ANYTHING STANDING 
OUT FOR YOU AS AN EDMONTONIAN, 
KEEPING A CLOSE EYEN THE 
DETAILS?
>> I'M WITH GRAHAM, I'M A LITTLE
SURPRISED WITH HOW CLOSE THE 
RIDINGS ARE.
>> Rob: WHICH ONES?
ST. ALBERT?
>> YEAH, ST. ALBERT.
THAT WAS INTERESTING.
I KNOW BARRY WELL AND IT'S ONE 
OF THOSE TIGHT-KNIT COMMUNITIES 
THAT THE ALBERTA PARTY COULD 
TAKE.
OKAY, 48 SEATS STILL TO REPORT.
27 FOR THE U.C.P. RIGHT NOW.
28 AND 12 FOR THE N.D.P., SO 
FAR, EARLY AS WE SAY, BUT THE 
STORIES ABOUT THE U.C.P. GAINS 
AND NANCY, I KNOW YOU HAVE 
DETAILS ON THAT FRONT.
[please stand by]
>> Nancy: THIS IS A NEW RIDING
BECAUSE OF THAT REDISTRIBUTION
BUT THE U.C.P., THEY'RE HOLDING
ON THAT RIGHT NOW AND FINALLY,
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT LAC SAINT
PAN AND PARKLAND.
YOU ARE SEEING CABINET MINISTER
FALLING U.C.P. SO FOUR AREAS
WHERE THE U.C.P. IS MAKING
INROADS AND OF COURSE NDP
WANTING TO HOLD ON TO AS MUCH OF
THIS PROVINCE AS THEY CAN RIGHT
NOW, WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR
MORE RESULTS TO COME FROM THE
TWO MAIN CITIES BUT YOU ARE
STARTING TO SEE THIS MAP TURN
MORE BLUE THAN IT WAS AT THE END
OF 2015, ROB.
>> Rob: SO THAT'S A DETAILED
LOOK AT A LOT OF RIDINGS THAT
HAVE REPORTED SO FAR.
A GRAND YOU LAR LOOK.
GRAND ULAR LOOK.I HAVE KEY GRAP.
SHARE THE POPULAR VOTE.
THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT
METRIC IN DETERMINING WHO WILL
FORM A MAJORITY GOVERNMENT
TONIGHT.
SO HISTORICALLY, 40.6%.
NO PARTY HAS FORMED A MAJORITY
GOVERNMENT IN THIS PROVINCE
WITHOUT GETTING AT LEAST THAT
SHARE OF THE POPULAR VOTE.
THE U.C.P. WAY AHEAD OF THAT
RIGHT NOW.
55.3%.
THE N.D.P. IS THE PARTY THAT
SECURED THAT 40.6% IN 2015.
RIGHT NOW THEY'RE AT 31% OF THE
POPULAR VOTE.
THEY'RE NOT EVEN GETTING THE
VOTE THEY HAD IN 2015 AND THEY
NEED TO BUILD BEYOND THAT IN
ORDER TO HAVE A HOPE OF FORMING
A MAJORITY GOVERNMENT.
FROM SHARE OF THE POPULAR VOTE,
I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE SEAT
CHANGE PROJECTIONS.
AT THIS POINT, IT'S ALL ABOUT
SEATS, RIGHT.
THIS IS WHERE THE RUBBER HITS
THE ROAD.
SOMETIMES THE VOTE SHARE DOES
NOT TRANSLATE TO SEATS.
IN THIS CASE, WE CAN TELL YOU
THE U.C.P. IS TRACKING AT THIS
POINT, WITH ABOUT 7,000 VOTES
INTO OUR SYSTEM TO GAIN 15
SEATS.
GUESS WHAT, THAT'S A MAGIC
NUMBER FOR THE U.C.P.
THAT NUMBER WOULD GIVE THEM A
MAJORITY GOVERNMENT TONIGHT.
THE N.D.P. IT CAN AFFORD TO LOSE
13 SEATS AND STILL HOLD ON TO
GOVERNMENT.
YOU SAW THEY'RE AT MINUS 15.
IT'S SHAPING UP NOT TO BE THE
NIGHT THAT THEY HAVE BEEN HOPING
FOR.
LET'S WALK THROUGH SOME MORE
RIDING RESULTS.
I KNOW YOU HAVE THEM STANDING
BY.
>> Nancy: ONE OF THE THINGS I
WANT TO MENTION, BECAUSE WE'RE
SO EARLY, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
HYPOTHETICALS AS WELL.
SO, WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS
POSSIBLE MAJORITY FOR THE
U.C.P., RIGHT NOW, LEADING IN 36
RIDINGS, THEY NEED 44 FOR THE
MAJORITY.
LET'S SAY THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO
HOLD ONTO THE RIDINGS THAT WERE
HELD BY THE WILD ROSE AS WELL AS
THE P.C.s IN THE LAST
ELECTION.
THAT'S EIGHT.
SO, THAT WOULD TAKE THEM TO THE
MAJORITY THEY NEED.
THEY WOULD HAVE TWO EXTRA SEATS
THERE IN ORDER TO GET THAT
MAJORITY.
LEADING AN ELECTED FOR THE
U.C.P. AND LOOKING AT THAT
MAJORITY FOR 44.
IT'S LOOKING THAT THIS IS THE
DIRECTION THAT WE ARE HEADED.
SO WHERE ARE THEY MAKING THOSE
INROADS?
WE'RE GETTING MORE RESULTS FROM
SOUTHERN ALBERTA.
TAKING A LOOK AT SOME CALGARY
RIDINGS, NOW.
THEY ARE STARTING TO COME IN.
WE'RE STARTING TO GET MORE
NUMBERS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE,
CALGARY-EDGEMONT.
U.C.P. MAKING INROADS THERE.
WE'RE SEEING LIBERALS ON THE
BOARD AS WELL.
KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT.
SO THEN AGAIN YOU ARE LOOKING AT
THE BOTTOM THERE, 39% FOR THE
U.C.P. AND 20 FOR THE N.D.P.
WE HAVE CALGARY-FALCONRIDGE AS
WELL.
THIS IS ANOTHER ONE.
THESE NUMBERS ARE JUST STARTING
TO COME IN RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE LOOKING AT RIC McIVER,
HOLDING ON TO CALGARY-HAZE WITH
THE U.C.P. AND CALGARY WEST
AGAIN, U.C.P. HOLDING ON TO THIS
IN CALGARY-WEST.
DETAILS STILL COMING IN.
IT'S FLIPPING AS WE GO.
I'M ON MY TOES.
I AM NOT FALLING ASLEEP JUST
YET.
>> Rob: I HOPE NOT.
WORE JUST GETTING STARTED.
>> Nancy: EXACTLY.
>> Rob: OF A COUPLE OF THOSE
NAMES, MICHAEL IS, RIC McIVER.
YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE THEM IN
A JASON KENNEY CABINET.
I SAY THAT BECAUSE, LOOK AT
THAT, THE U.C.P. HAVE JUST
NUDGED UP AGAINST THAT MAGIC
NUMBER OF 44 SEATS, WHICH IS
WHAT IT TAKES TO SECURE A
MAJORITY GOVERNMENT IN ALBERTA.
JUMPING OUT IN FRONT
DRAMATICALLY THERE.
STILL, A LOT OF SEATS TO REPORT.
TRENDING DEFINITELY IN THE
DIRECTION OF THE U.C.P.
GOVERNMENT TONIGHT.
44 THE MAGIC NUMBER THAT JUMPS
OFF THE SCREEN.
WE'RE LEANING HARD IN THE
DIRECTION AT THIS POINT OF A
U.C.P. GOVERNMENT.
ARE YOU SURPRISED AT HOW QUICKLY
WE'RE GETTING TO THAT THRESHOLD
TONIGHT?
ACTUALLY, NO.
WE'RE EXPECTING THIS.
WE KNEW.
THE PUBLIC OPINION POLLS HAVE
BEEN SHOWING A TREND, FOR THE
LAST YEAR, THIS IS THE U.C.P.
HEADED TO A MAJORITY GOVERNMENT.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE SAW COMING.
THE QUESTION WILL BE, JUST HOW
LARGE A MAJORITY IT WILL BE?
>> Rob: THE QUESTION WILL BE IF
THESE NUMBERS HOLD AND HOW SMALL
WILL THE OFFICIAL OPPOSITION
MEANS AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR
THE FUTURE OF THE N.D.P.?
HOW WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE THAT
FOR THE N.D.P.?
>> I THINK IT'S A STRONG
OPPOSITION.
I THINK -- FOR THEM IT WILL BE
DISAPPOINTING BUT IF THEY HOLD
ON TO 18-20 SEATS, THEY'LL STILL
HAVE A GOOD VOICE IN THE
LEGISLATURE.
>> Rob: ONLY IN ALBERTA WOULD WE
SAY, AN INCUMBENT HOLD POWER AND
REDUCED TO A DECENT-SIZE
OPPOSITION IS A SUCCESS.
NANCY, AS WE HIT THAT 44, LET'S
TALK ABOUT HOW THE U.C.P. IS
GETTING THERE.
>> Nancy: ALL RIGHT.
THAT TAKES US TO THE POPULAR
VOTE.
WHEN WE LOOK AT HOW THE U.C.P.
IS SITTING.
AGAIN, THAT 50% WE ARE INCHING
CLOSER TO A MAJORITY GOVERNMENT.
AS SOON AS WE CROSS THAT 50%
MARK, THAT IS A LOT OF
CONFIDENCE FOR THE U.C.P. IN THE
PROVINCE OF ALBERTA.
TAKING A LOOK AT WHERE THE
N.D.P. IS, NOT A SIGNIFICANT
CHANGE COMPARED TO THE SUPPORT
THEY SAW IN 2015.
IT IS ENOUGH BECAUSE THE N.D.P.
DOES NOT HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF
THE CONSERVATIVES WITH THEIR
VOTE-SPLITTING, SO AGAIN, NOT
TOO MUCH OF A CHANGE THERE.
IT IS ENOUGH TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE WHEN IT COMES TO THE
POLLS THAT WE ARE SEEING ON THE
BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN THERE, ROB.
>> Rob: THANK YOU, NAN Z THAT
WAS THE ARGUMENT THAT JASON
KENNEY WAS MAKE WHAT IS HE
RETURNED TO ALBERTA FROM DECADES
IN OTTAWA.
FOLLOW ME, I HAVE A VISION HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO COMBINE THOSE TWO
PARTIES.
WE'RE GOING TO END THE FEUDING
AND THE CONSERVATIVE FAMILY AND
WE'RE GOING TO GET BACK TO WHAT
WE SAW IN 2015, IF YOU COMBINE
THE VOTE, 52% OF THE POPULAR
VOTE, THEY'RE NUDGING THERE
TONIGHT AT THIS POINT.
DO YOU THOSE NUMBERS REVERSING
BASED ON THE SAMPLE SIZE GROWING
BY THE MINUTE HERE?
>> AGAIN, IT'S SMALL NUMBERS
RIGHT NOW.
WHAT IS INTERESTING FOR ME IS
THAT 51%, THAT'S ALMOST
IDENTICAL TO THE COMBINED VOTE
FOR THE P.C.s AND THE WILD
ROSE IN THE LAST ELECTION.
SO JASON KENNEY'S MANAGED TO
HOLD THAT.
AND SO, WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT THE
NEED TO UNITE THE RIGHT, IN
ORDER TO DEFEAT THE N.D.P.,
THESE NUMBERS WOULD SUGGEST THAT
HE WAS RIGHT AND HE HAS DONE IT.
>> Rob: ALL RIGHT.
STAND BY.
BECAUSE THE CBC DECISION DESK IS
PREPARED TO MAKE A FOLLOWING
PROJECTION.
THE PEOPLE OF ALBERTA HAVE
ELECTED JASON KENNEY AND THE
U.C.P. TO A MAJORITY GOVERNMENT,
THE FIRST UNITED CONSERVATIVE
PARTY GOVERNMENT IN THIS
PROVINCE'S HISTORY.
THE PEOPLE OF ALBERTA UNITED
BEHIND THE UNITED CONSERVATIVE
PARTY.
WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IT.
THIS WAS JASON KENNEY'S VISION.
IT WAS HIS BRAINCHILD.
IT WAS HIS PLEA WHEN HE RETURNED
FROM OTTAWA AFTER DECADES AS AN
M.P. AND A CABINET MINISTER.
HE SAID HEY, I'VE SEEN THIS
MOVIE BEFORE IN THE CONSERVATIVE
FAMILY.
COME TOGETHER AND WIN A MAJORITY
FEDERALLY IN 2011.
I CAN DO IT AT THE PROVINCIAL
LEVEL.
HE HAS DONE THAT TONIGHT.
SO, HE BROUGHT THOSE TWO
PARTIES, THE P.C.s AND THE
WILD ROSE TOGETHER AND OUT OF
THE ASHES OF THOSE PARTIES HE
FORMED A PARTY, THE U.C.P.
THAT'S REALLY STILL IN ITS
INFANCY, NOT JET EVEN
TWO-YEARS-OLD.
HE WAS PROVEN CORRECT TONIGHT.
THE PEOPLE OF ALBERTA, THEY PUT
THE ECONOMY, THEY PUT JOBS, THEY
PUT PIPELINES AND ENERGY AHEAD
OF ANY DISTRACTIONS AROUND THE
LEADERSHIP QUESTION.
HOW JASON KENNEY SECURED IT?
LET'S GO DOWN TO U.C.P.
HEADQUARTERS WHERE BRIAN IS
STANDING BY TONIGHT.
WHERE THEY HAVE TO BE THRILLED,
BRIAN.
A LOT OF THOSE SUPPOSE IS OR
SUPPORTERS WOKEUP AND THEY DIDNE
THEIR PROVINCE.
I IMAGINE THEY'LL BE SLEEPING
SOUNDLY THIS EVENING.
>> Reporter: ABSOLUTELY, ROB.
YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY LOOK BACK TO
2015, PEOPLE DESCRIBED IT AS AN
ACCIDENTAL GOVERNMENT WHEN
RACHEL NOTLEY TOOK OVER IN 2015
AFTER 44 YEARS OF CONSERVATIVE
RULE.
SO, PEOPLE ARE THINKING HERE
THAT LISTEN, WORE JUST GOING
BACK TO WHERE WE WERE.
THIS IS THE WAY THINGS SHOULD BE
IN ALBERTA.
WHAT HAPPENED IN 2015 WAS AN
ABHORATION WITH THE TWO PARTIES,
THE TWO ARRIVAL PARTIES ON THE
RIGHT SPLIT ALLOWING THE NDP TO
TAKE VICTORY WITH JUST 40% OF
THE VOTE.
SO PEOPLE ARE THRILLED HERE.
THE CHEERS HAVE BEEN GOING UP.
AND OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE IN
BEHIND THAT THERE IS A LOT OF
SHOUTING AND HOLLERING AND HIGH
FIVES AND CHANTS OF U.C.P.
WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AT THIS
CAMPAIGN THAT'S BEEN DOGGED BY
CONTROVERSY, I'VE CHATTED WITH
SO MANY PARTY SUPPORTERS, PARTY
MEMBERS, WHO SAY LISTEN, IT
DOESN'T MATTER.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE SAID THIS SO
MANY TIMES, THE PARTY OFFICIALS
SAY IT'S A DISTRACTION AND IT
WAS DRIVEN BY RACHEL NOTLEY.
PEOPLE WHO ARE DOWN LOOKING FOR
JOBS, THEY'RE SAYING, ALL OF
THAT DOESN'T MATTER.
UNEMPLOYMENT IN CALGARY ACROSS
ALBERTA REMAINS STUBBORNLY HIGH.
PEOPLE WANT TO GET BACK TO WORK.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT THEY'VE BEEN
FOCUSED ON.
JASON KENNEY HAS STUCK TO THAT
MESSAGE.
IT APPEARS CERTAINLY, THAT
THERE'S A BIG PAYOFF FOR HIM
TONIGHT.
>> Rob: JASON KENNEY SECURING
THIS PROVINCE'S FIRST U.C.P.
MAJORITY GOVERNMENT.
HIS MADE ON THAT FRONT.
THANK YOU, BRIAN, WE'LL CHECK
BACK WITH YOU IN JUST A MINUTE.
HISTORY MADE ON ANOTHER FRONT.
THERE'S BEEN, IN THE HISTORY OF
THIS PROVINCE, NO PARTY THAT WAS
AN ELECTED TO A MAJORITY
GOVERNMENT THAT WAS NOT
RE-ELECTED TO A CONSECUTIVE
TERM.
SO RACHEL NOTLEY, SHE'LL HAVE
THAT ASTRIX NEXT TO THE TERM SHE
SAW OUT.
SHE WILL BE THE LEADER OF THE
OFFICIAL OPPOSITION ASSUMING THE
VOTERS OF EDMONTON-STRATHCONA
RE-ELECT HER TONIGHT.
THERE COULDN'T BE A SAFER SEAT
IN ALL OF THE PROVINCE.
ALL RIGHT, A LOT OF TALK ABOUT
THE RACHEL NOTLEY CAMPAIGN AND
HOW ITENNED UP WHERE IT IS
TONIGHT.
STILL TO COME, LET'S FOCUS ON
THIS HISTORY-MAKING MOMENT AND
LET'S DO SO WITH THE PANEL.
I WANT TO DO SO WITH SOMEONE WHO
HAS COVERED 10 PROVINCIAL
ELECTION CAMPAIGNS IN HIS TIME.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS.
YOU GO BACK TO GETTY'S FIRST
WIN.
PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE FOR US.
THE IDEA THAT THIS PROVINCE,
WHICH WAS ONES KNOWN FOR ITS
CONSERVATIVE IDENTITY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE QUESTION THAT.
ARE WE MORE PROGRESSIVE PLACE IN
2015?
HAVE WE NOW TURNED BACK THE
CLOCK?
>> THIS IS A GOOD QUESTION.
RACHEL NOTLEY HAS BEEN SAYING
NO.
THIS IS THE ECONOMY, THIS IS THE
JOBS AND PIPELINES ELECTION,
N.D.P. WILL SAY NO, THIS IS NOT
US GOING BACK TO 44 YEARS OF
CONSERVATIVE RULE.
OF COURSE THIS IS GOING TO SAY
THAT.
WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE.
THE DIFFERENCE TONIGHT, THE
N.D.P. WILL BE DISAPPOINTED BUT
THE FACT IS THEY HAVE 23 SEATS
FOR THE OPPOSITION AND FOR THE
FIRST TIME, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE
DEFEATED TONIGHT, THIS IS GOING
TO BE A RELATIVELY STRONG
OPPOSITION.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE AN OPPOSITION IN ALBERTA
THAT'S BEEN IN GOVERNMENT.
>> Rob: FOR THE FIRST TIME BOWL
HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS A LEADER OF
THE OFFICIAL OPPOSITION WHO IS
THE PREMIER.
>> AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE
PEOPLE WHO WILL BE CRITIC OF
DEPARTMENTS AND MINISTRIES
WARRANT THE MINISTER JUST A
MATTER OF DAYS AGO.
ALSO, I THINK THAT THERE'S A
SENSE THAT MAYBE WE'RE TURNING A
CORNER.
MAYBE IT WILL BE THE U.C.P. FOR
THE NEXT 44 YEARS, WE JUST DON'T
KNOW.
MAYBE WE'LL SEE A BACK AND
FOURTH LIKE WE SEE IN OTHER
PROVINCES WHERE PARTIES COME AND
GO AND GOVERNMENT COMES AND GO.
THIS PROVINCE, YES, WE TEND TO
VOTE IN ONE PARTY THAT STAYS
THERE FOR DECADES.
THIS MAY BE HAPPENING TONIGHT.
THE N.D.P., THE FACT THEY HAVE A
STRONG OPPOSITION WITH A LEADER
THAT USED TO BE THE PREMIER, IT
MAY CHANGE THIS.
>> Rob: LET'S LINGER ON THIS
VICTORY FOR THE U.C.P. AND
PARTICULARLY FOR JASON KENNEY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE EXPECTED, AFTER
STEPHEN HARPER LOST THE FEDERAL
ELECTION IN 2015, OK, JASON
KENNEY'S NEXT IN LINE.
HE WILL THROW HIS HAT IN THE
RING.
THAT WOULD BE THE PATH FOR HIM.
HE SURPRISED A LOT OF PEOPLE TO
COME COME BACK TO ALBERTA AND
PURSUE AS A PERSONAL VICTORY FOR
THIS MASTER ORGANIZER GOES.
IT'S REALLY LARGELY HIS VICTORY
TONIGHT.
>> WHEN HE CAME BACK TO
PROVINCIAL POLITICS, A LOT OF
PEOPLE WERE SKEPTICAL AND ONE OF
THE THINGS THEY WERE MOST
SKEPTICAL ABOUT WAS HIS ABILITY
TO PUT THE WILD ROSE AND P.C.s
TOGETHER.
THEY'VE BEEN DIVIDED WITH
ANIMOSITY BETWEEN THEM.
THERE'S NO FEUD LIKE A FAMILY
FEUD AND THAT IS WHAT WAS GOING
ON BY THESE TWO RIGHT-WING
PARTIES.
SO, A LOT OF ANNALIST, ME
INCLUDED, THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
IMPOSSIBLE TO PUT THESE TWO
PARTIES TOGETHER.
THE FAR-RIGHT WINGERS WOULD DROP
OFF AND THEN THE RED TORIES
WOULD DROP OFF.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE VOTE
NUMBERS, IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS
MANAGED TO SORT OF PUT THESE TWO
PARTIES TOGETHER.
AND I THINK WHAT IS HOLDING THE
TRADITIONAL WILD ROSIERS AND THE
TRADITIONAL P.C.ARS TOGETHER IS
THE DESIRE TO DEFEAT THE NDP
GOVERNMENT.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE.
NOW JASON KENNEY HAS TO KEEP
THIS BIG-TENT PARTY TOGETHER NOW
THAT THE COMMON THREAT HAS BEEN
ELIMINATED.
>> Rob: THAT WAS HIS SALES JOB.
THE ACCIDENTAL GOVERNMENT OF THE
N.D.P.
IF YOU WANT THE END OF IT,
FOLLOW MY PATH.
I WILL SAY, WITH STILL 16
RIDINGS TO REPORT, SO WE STILL
HAVEN'T SEEN ALL THE VOTE AND
THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO
CHANGE.
THIS IS NOT WHAT PEOPLE IN THE
U.C.P. CAMP WERE EXPECTING IN
TERMS OF SEAT COUNT.
SO, 47 IS A SLIM MAJORITY.
IT WILL LIKELY TRACK UP IN THE
HOURS AHEAD AS WE GET SOME OF
THAT ADVANCE BALLOT THAT IS YET
TO BE COUNTED.
THEY WERE HOPING FOR A LANDSLIDE
IN SOME U.C.P. CIRCLES.
SO SHADE THAT A BIT FOR US IN
TERMS OF EXPECTATIONS FOR THE
U.C.P.?
IS THIS FALLING SHORT?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FALLING
SHORT.
YOU KNOW WHAT, HAVING A LARGE
VICTORY CAN ALSO BE A SITUATION
YOU DON'T WANT TO BE IN.
ESPECIALLY SUCH A DIVERSE PARTY.
IMAGINE YOU HAVE 65-70 SEATS AND
YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH A
CONTINGENT IN YOUR PARTY THAT
MAY NOT BE IN LINE WITH YOUR
VIEWS.
>> Rob: THAT'S WHAT JANA WAS
TALKING ABOUT.
>> MR. JASON KENNEY WILL RULE
WITH AN IRON FIST REGARDLESS.
THERE'S A SWEET SPOT YOU WANT TO
BE AT, MAYBE 55 SEATS.
IF THERE'S ANY DISGRUNTLED
PEOPLE YOU ARE STILL OK.
A LARGE PARTY CAN ALSO BE A
LITTLE BIT UNEASY TO MANAGE.
>> THIS IS HAPPENED BEFORE IN
HISTORY.
KLEIN HAD THE DEEP SIX
BACKBENCHERS WHO CAUSED SOME
PROBLEMS FOR HIM WHEN HE HAD TOO
MANY M.L.A.s.
YOU CAN'T PUT THEM ALL IN
CABINET.
YOU HAVE TO KEEP THEM HAPPY.
AFTER A YEAR OR TWO, THEY GET
BORED AND START CAUSING
PROBLEMS.
>> Rob: WE'LL GET INTO THE WEEDS
IN CABINET MAKING.
STILL TO COME AND THE IRON FIST.
A LOT OF ALBERTANS WILL BE
CURIOUS WHAT GOVERNMENT WILL WE
GET FROM JASON KENNEY,
PREMIER-DESIGNATE, HERE IN
ALBERTA.
FIRST, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT
PATH TO VICTORY.
WE MENTIONED THAT CALGARY WAS
KEY.
IT WAS A BATTLEGROUND.
NAN Z. YOU HAVE THE BREAKDOWN.
>> Nancy: IT WAS EFFECTIVE FOR
THE U.C.P. RIGHT NOW.
WHEN WE LOOK AT CALGARY, YOU CAN
SEE HOW THE U.C.P. HAS GAINED
GROUND IN THE NORTHERN PART OF
THE CITY AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN
PART OF THE CITY.
A LITTLE BIT OF N.D.P.
STRONGHOLD IN THE CENTRE THERE
BUT AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO SEE
HOW THIS CHANGES.
LET'S LOOK AT THE RIDINGS.
THIS IS HOW THE U.C.P. HAS
GAINED THIS MAJORITY.
LOOKING AT CALGARY ELBOW, I
DON'T JUST WANT YOU TO FOCUS ON
THE U.C.P. AND THE N.D.P. IN
THIS IMAGE.
YOU HAVE GREG CLARK WITH THE
ALBERTA PARTY.
THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFIDENCE
THAT HE WAS GOING TO TAKE THIS
RIDING.
HE IS THE INCUMBENT, HOWEVER, WE
ARE LOOKING AT THE U.C.P. HERE
IN CALGARY-ELBOW.
THEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT
CALGARY-CURRIE.
THIS IS UP IN THE AIR.
YOU HAVE THE NDP AS THE
INCUMBENT AND THE U.C.P.
OVERTAKING THEM IN
CALGARY-CURRIE AND AS WE LOOK,
ALL OF THESE RIDINGS HAVE A
DIFFERENT STORY ATTACHED TO
THEM.
CALGARY-VARSITY AGAIN, THIS IS
THE RIDING OF FORMER CABINET
MINISTER STEPHANIE MACLEAN.
THAT'S CALGARY-VARSITY AND WE
HAVE CALGARY-FISH CREAK.
IN SOUTHERN CALGARY, THE U.C.P.
HAS HELD ON TO THIS ONE.
WHEN WE LOOK AT HOW THE U.C.P.
IS MAKING INROADS INTO CALGARY,
THEY'RE HOLDING ON OR TAKING IT
FROM THE N.D.P. OR IN AN EXAMPLE
LIKE CALGARY-ELBOW YOU ARE
LOOKING AT SOMEONE LIKE GREG
CLARK WITH THE ALBERTA PARTY WHO
JUST ISN'T ABLE TO HOLD ON
TONIGHT, ROB.
>> Rob: SOME HIGH-PROFILE NDP
CANDIDATES I THINK ANNE
McGRATH IN VARSITY, APPEAR TO
BE GOING DOWN TO DEFEAT TONIGHT,
WHICH WOULD BE A DISAPPOINTMENT
LED BY RACHEL NOTLEY ASSUMING
SHE CONTINUES TO LEAD THAT PARTY
AND WE'LL HEAR FROM RACHEL
NOTLEY IN THE MINUTES, THE HOURS
AHEAD WITH THE CONCESSION
SPEECH.
SHE WANTS TO HAVE
REPRESENTATION, NO DOUBT,
OUTSIDE OF FORTRESS-EDMONTON.
KIM TRYNACITY IS THERE.
FIRST OFF, YOUR REACTION TO THE
U.C.P. VICTORY AND WHAT DOES IT
MEAN FOR THE FUTURE N.D.P. IN
THIS PROVINCE?
>> Reporter: WELL, RIGHT NOW YOU
CAN PROBABLY HEAR A LITTLE BIT
OF HOLLERING GOING ON AND THAT'S
THE CROWD REACTING TO INDIVIDUAL
RESULTS AS THEY COME UP ON
SCREEN.
SOME FAMILIAR NAMES LOOK TO BE
LEADING IN THEIR RIDINGS SUCH AS
DAREN WILLIS IN EDMONTON, SHAYE
ANDERSON, JUST OUTSIDE THE CITY.
THAT AREA LEADING SO FAR.
SOME OF THEM ARE VERY TIGHT.
WHEN THE TELEVISION STATIONS AND
OUTLETS DECLARED A U.C.P.
CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY, IT WAS
PRETTY QUIET IN HERE.
THERE WERE -- I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY
TEARS BUT I'VE SEEN LOTS OF HUGS
AND THEN NOW IT SEEMS LIKE THE
ATTENTION HAS SHIFTED TO
INDIVIDUAL RACES.
WHO IS GOING BACK TO THE
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY AND WHICH
ONE OF THEIR TEAM WILL NOT BE
RETURNING BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE
SEVERAL OF THEM WILL NOT BE
RETURNING.
THE ROOM IS BRING NO MEANS FULL
BUT THERE'S ANOTHER ROOM NEXT
DOOR.
THEY ARE TAKING SOME SOLACE FROM
SOME FAMILIAR NAMES, AS I SAID,
WHO APPEAR TO BE LEADING.
IN SOME OF THOSE SEATS, THEY
WERE BIG QUESTION MARKS AROUND.
LIKE WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO HOLD
ON TO THOSE EDMONTON SEATS THAT
WERE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE CORE
OF EDMONTON?
AND IT APPEARS RIGHT NOW THAT
THEIR M.L.A.s ARE LEADING IN
THESE RACES SO FAR.
SOME MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT AS
WELL TOO WHEN RESULTS HAVE
GOTTEN UP ON THE SCREEN SHOWING
THEY WERE NOT DOING AS WELL AS
THEY HOPED IN URBAN CALGARY
RIGHTINGS, SUCH AS THE ONE ANNE
McGRATH IS RUNNING FOR.
THEY HAD HIGH HOPES SHE WOULD
WIN THAT SEAT AND SHE IS
TRAILING IN THAT SEAT SO FAR.
NOT A LOT OF CELEBRATION.
FOR INDIVIDUAL RACES THERE'S
SOME OPTIMISM.
>> Rob: WE CONTINUE TO HEAR
PEOPLE CHEER.
SPIRITS ARE HIGH IN SPITE OF THE
RESULTS.
PARTIES HAD A TASTE OF POWER,
ESPECIALLY ONE THAT'S BEEN IN
THE POLITICAL WILDERNESS FOR AS
LONG AS THE N.D.P. HAVE BEEN
BEFORE 2015.
IT WILL BE DIFFICULT WHEN THEY
LOSE THAT.
THEY'RE SITTING CURRENTLY AT 24
SEATS, KIM, SO A RELATIVELY
ROBUST OPPOSITION.
YOU COVERED THE LEGISLATURE FOR
YEARS.
I AM PRETTY SURE WE HAVEN'T SEEN
NUMBERS QUITE THAT CLOSE UNTIL
'93 OR -- IS THAT IT?
A RESPECTABLE SHOWING?
CAN WE CALL IT THAT?
>> Reporter: CONSIDERING WHERE
THE NDP WERE BEFORE 2015.
THEY HAD FOUR SEATS.
THERE WAS RACHEL NOTLEY, BRIAN
MAYSON, DAVID EGIN AND THEY WANT
FROM A PARTY OF FOUR TO FORMING
A GOVERNMENT AND NOW THEY'RE
SHOWING 24 SEATS THEY'RE LEADING
IN.
THEY DO HAVE REASON TO CELEBRATE
HERE TONIGHT, WHICH IS WHY THE
CROWD IS REACTING THE WAY THEY
ARE.
IF THE FINAL RESULT SHOW THAT
THEY'RE EVEN MORE THAN 24 SEATS,
THAT'S GOING TO BE A SUBSTANTIAL
OPPOSITION.
WHEN JASON KENNEY GOES INTO FORM
HIS GOVERNMENT, AND TO SET HIS
PRIORITIES, HE WILL BE FACING AN
EXPERIENCED OPPOSITION IN THAT,
HE WILL HAVE AN OPPOSITION THAT
HAS BEEN IN POWER RECENTLY.
SO, HE WILL BE FACING THE LEADER
OF THE OFFICIAL OPPOSITION WHO
WAS THE PREMIER.
SHE KNOWS HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS
IN ALBERTA.
PLUS, SHE'S ALSO SAT IN
OPPOSITION.
ONE THING WE CAN SAY WITH
CLARITY, AND DEFINITELY THAT THE
NDP KNOWS HOW TO PERFORM WELL AS
OPPOSITION.
>> Rob: ALL RIGHT, KIM.
THANK YOU.
ONLY IN ALBERTA WOULD THE LOSS
OF GOVERNMENT AND A RESPECIAL
RESPECTABLESHOWING.
WE'RE NOT USED TO OPPOSITION
AFTER THE 44 REIGN OF THE
P.C.s AND IT NEVER FELT LIKE
WE WOULD SEE ANOTHER PARTY IN
POWER.
THE U.C.P. IS GOING TO FORM A
MAJORITY GOVERNMENT,
PREMIER-DESIGNATE, JASON KENNEY,
AND HE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THAT NOT JUST IN SOUTHERN
ALBERTA, NOT JUST IN THE
CONSERVATIVE BASE OF CALGARY, HE
WANTED SEATS IN AND AROUND
EDMONTON.
HOW IS THAT LOOKING FOR THE
U.C.P. TONIGHT?
>> Nancy: LET'S LOOK.
SO YOU SEE WITHIN EDMONTON,
FAIRLY STRONG N.D.P. HOLD RIGHT
NOW.
BUT THE SURROUNDING AREAS, THIS
IS THE AREA THAT WE'RE FOCUSING
ON RIGHT NOW AS WE DO LOOK AT
THIS U.C.P. LEAD.
LET'S NARROW IT IN JUST A LITTLE
BIT HERE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE
INDIVIDUAL RIDINGS.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT
EDMONTON-SOUTHWEST, FOR EXAMPLE.
THIS ONE HAS THE U.C.P. IN THE
LEAD THERE.
WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE
OTHER AREAS, WEST YELLOWHEAD,
AGAIN, YOU HAVE THE U.C.P. IN
THE LEAD THERE.
THE N.D.P. INCUMBENT ISN'T
RUNNING IN THIS AREA.
DID THAT PLAY A ROLE?
WE'LL HAVE TO SEE.
AGAIN, HERE, YOU HAD ANOTHER
N.D.P. NOT RUNNING AND PERHAPS
THAT IS WHAT HAS THE U.C.P. IN
THE LEAD.
AND AGAIN SPRUCE GROVE-STONEY
PLAIN.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THE AREAS
OUTSIDE OF EDMONTON.
AGAIN, WE ACTUALLY ARE JUST
SEEING SOME CHANGES HERE AS THIS
MAP CHANGES.
YOU ARE SEEING SOME OF THE OTHER
NUMBERS COME IN AND THEN YOU ARE
SEEING THE COLOURS CLOSE IN A
LITTLE BIT.
BUT AGAIN, EDMONTON ITSELF IS
HOLDING ON TO THAT N.D.P. AND
AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT THE N.D.P.
WANTED TO SEE.
THIS IS THE RESULT THAT WE'RE
SEEING RIGHT NOW WHEN WE LOOK AT
THOSE 24 SEATS THAT THE N.D.P.
IS HOLDING ON TO.
>> Rob: AND THE PROJECTED GAMES
AROUND EDMONTON LEADING TO THAT
NUMBER ON YOUR SCOREBOARD
NUDGING UP FOR THE UNITED
CONSERVATIVE PARTY YET AGAIN
INTO 60 TERRITORIES.
I CAN TELL YOU, ONE OF THE
SEATS, THAT WOULD BE SIT ING
JASON KENNEY OCCUPYING IT IN THE
LEGISLATURE IS THE SEAT THAT
GOES TO THE PERSON WHO WINS
CALGARY-LOUGHEED AND THAT IS
JASON KENNEY.
THE PEOPLE OF CALGARY-LOUGHEED
HAVE DECIDED TO SEND THE LEADER
OF THE U.C.P. BACK TO THE
LEGISLATURE.
NO SURPRISE THERE.
THAT WAS CONSIDERED PERHAPS THE
SAFEST U.C.P. SEAT IN THE
PROVINCE.
HE WON A BYELECTION THERE NOT
LONG AGO BY A LANDSLIDE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SITUATION
WITH THE N.D.P.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE
N.D.P. GOT TO WHERE IT DID
TONIGHT.
YES, RESPECTABLE IS THE WORD
WE'VE BEEN USED, CONSIDERABLE
OPPOSITION WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE
LIBERALS IN 1993 WITH 32 SEATS.
WHERE DID THEY GO WRONG?
WE TALKED ABOUT THE NEGATIVITY
IN THE CAMPAIGN.
WAS IT THAT?
WAS IT PARKING TOO MUCH AT THE
FEET OF RACHEL NOTLEY?
WAS IT NOT TALKING ENOUGH ABOUT
THE VISION PIECE OR HEY GUESS
WHAT, THIS GOVERNMENT INHERITED
A RECESSION, IT CAME INTO
POWER -- THE PRICE OF OIL TOOK A
NOSE-DIVE, JOB LOSS, IT WAS AS
SIMPLE AS THAT?
>> I THINK IT STARTED A LOT
EARLIER.
SOME MISTAKES WERE MADE EARLY ON
THAT THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO
RECOVER FROM.
BILL 6, THE FARMER'S INSURANCE.
I DON'T THINK THAT THEY REGAINED
THAT TRUST WITH THE RURAL AREAS
AND HOW THE CARBON TAX EFFECTS
THE SMALLER URBAN CENTERS THAT
WERE HIT HARD BY THE DOWNTURN IN
THE ECONOMY.
I THINK THOSE THINGS REALLY HURT
THEM.
WHEN YOU PLAYED THE NUMBERS,
WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO AT LEAST
MAKE GROUND IN THE RURAL AND
SMALLER URBAN AREAS, IT WAS
TOUGH TO WIN.
>> Rob: ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT?
WHY THEY LOST?
>> YEAH, THERE'S AN ISSUE HERE
ABOUT HAVING BAD LUCK.
YES, THEY MADE MISTAKES.
BILL 6 IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE.
THE FARM SAFETY BILL.
THAT WAS THE PREMIER WHOSE
BACKGROUND IS A LABOUR LAWYER
AND SHE THOUGHT, THIS IS A
NO-BRAINER, I'M GOING TO BRING
IN A LAW TO HELP PROTECT PAID
FARM WORKERS AND SHE DIDN'T DO
ENOUGH CONSULTATION AND GOT
RURAL VOTERS UPSET.
STILL, YOU CAN'T UNDERESTIMATE
WE WERE IN A RECESSION.
IN ALBERTA'S HISTORY, ALBERTANS
TEND TO PUNISH GOVERNMENTS
THAT -- IT DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN
THEY LOSE BUT FOR EXAMPLE, IN
1989, DON GETTY LOST HIS OWN
SEAT BECAUSE HE WAS IN THE
RECESSION.
SO I THINK THAT VOTERS TEND TO
PUNISH PREMIERS WHO HAVE BAD
LUCK AND BOY, RACHEL NOTLEY HAS
HAD A LOT OF BAD LUCK.
>> Rob: COMING INTO A POWER WITH
RECESSION TAKING SHAPE AND JOB
LOSS.
THE PRICE OF OIL NEVER
REBOUNDED.
WE'RE IN A NEW ERA.
BEFORE WE CHECK IN WITH NANCY, I
RECALL 2015 AN ELECTION NIGHT
WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
RACHEL NOTLEY'S WIN AND WHAT SHE
SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T DO IN THE
EARLY DAYS.
WE HAD FORMER CHIEF-OF-STAFF
ALISON REDFORD, STRATEGIST
STEPHEN CARTER ON THE SHOW AND
HE SAID PROCEED SLOWLY.
ESSENTIALLY DO ROCK THE BOAT.
YOU HAD A PARTY THAT WAS SITTING
THERE WITH A LOT OF PENT UP
ENERGY AND A VISION FOR THE
PROVINCE, DID THEY GO TOO FAST
FOR MOST ALBERTANS IN
IMPLEMENTING THAT?
>> THEY WERE A BRAND NEW
GOVERNMENT.
THEY TOOK THREE OR FOUR MONTHS
TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE OFFICES
WHERE AND THE WASHROOMS WERE.
THEY STARTED TO DESCRIBE HIM
SELVES AS AN ACTIVIST GOVERNMENT
AND GOT TO WORK MAKING CHANGES.
I THINK THEY MISS JUDGED PUBLIC
OPINION ALONG THE WAY.
THEY DID SOME THINGS THAT WERE
VERY TONE DEAF TO THE CONCERNS
OF ALBERTANS.
AS THE PRICE OF OIL STARTED TO
SLIP, IT WAS LIKE THE NDP
WEREN'T ACKNOWLEDGING THE PAIN
AND THE FEAR THAT ALBERTANS WERE
FACING.
I REMEMBER THE PREMIER SPOKE TO
THE CALGARY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
A FEW MONTHS AFTER SHE WAS
ELECTED.
AND SHE STOOD UP THERE AND SAID
HOW HAPPY SHE WAS TO BE IN
CALGARY AND SHE WAS DOING A
VICTORY LAP.
SHE ENDORSED MULCAIR AND THE
FEDERAL ELECTION AND THE CALGARY
BUSINESS CROWD JUST SAT THERE
SLACK-JAWED.
THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT SHE
WASN'T RESPONDING TO THE OFFICE
TOWERS DOWNTOWN THAT WERE EMPTY
OUT OF EMPLOYEES AND THE STOCK
PRICES THAT WERE CRASHING.
>> Rob: OUT OF SYNC WITH
IMPORTANT CENTRE FOR SURE.
25% VACANCY RATE, STILL I
BELIEVE IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE IN
CALGARY.
FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING
ACROSS THE NATION, THAT EMPHASIS
ON CALGARY, THAT'S HOW YOU CAN
TELL SOMEONE IS NOT FROM CALGARY
MANY OF IT'S NOT A GOOD THING.
>> WHEN SOMEONE SAYS THEY'RE
FROM TORONTO.
>> Rob: YEAH.
YOU WANT TO BREAK DOWN SOME MORE
OF THE N.D.P. VOTE SHARE
TONIGHT.
>> Nancy: ABSOLUTELY.
WHEN WE LOOK BACK AT 2015, AND
WE LOOK AT HOW THE N.D.P. HAVE A
VICTORY, THEY WON WITH THE
LOWEST POPULAR VOTE IN ALBERTA
HISTORY IN ORDER TO TAKE HOME A
WIN.
LET'S BREAK IT DOWN FROM THE
DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE PROVINCE.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT CONFIDENCE OF
BEING ABLE TO CLEAR THE U.C.P.
AS A MAJORITY GOVERNMENT, WE
ALSO LOOK AT THIS POPULAR VOTE
HERE.
SO YOU CAN SEE, IT'S DOWNRIGHT
ACROSS THE PROVINCE THERE.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT DOWN 11.5%.
THAT'S IN THE EDMONTON AREA.
THAT'S WHERE THEY REALLY WANTED
TO HOLD ON.
SO AGAIN, WHEN YOU SEE THESE
DROPS, THAT SENDS A SIGNIFICANT
MESSAGE WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT
THESE TOTALS.
AGAIN, WE ARE STARTING TO SEE
MORE NUMBERS COMING IN DIFFERENT
RIDINGS.
YOUR RIDING, YOU WILL SEE IT
THERE ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF THE
SCREEN AS WE ARE WATCHING THESE
NUMBERS AND WE ARE TAKING A LOOK
AT THAT.
AGAIN, THE POPULAR VOTE IS
SOMETHING THAT WE ALWAYS WANT TO
KEEP IN THE BACK OF OUR MINDS.
IT DOES PLAY A ROLE WHEN WE ARE
LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE
RESULTS.
>> Rob: TALKED TO A COUPLE OF
DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE N.D.P.
CAMPAIGN, NANCY, THANK YOU,
ABOUT THEIR HOPES FOR CALGARY IN
PARTICULAR.
BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY HAD TO DO
WELL.
THEY TOOK HALF THE SEATS THERE
IN 2015.
THAT WAS THE PATH TO POWER ALONG
WITH THE RURAL AREAS.
ONE PERSON SAID HEY, IT'S NOT
UNTHINKABLE THAT WE CAN CAPTURE
17, GROW THE SEAT COUNT IN
CALGARY.
ANOTHER SAYING WE'RE GOING TO
HOLD.
HOW DOES THE STRATEGIST GET IT
SO WRONG ON THE GROUND?
YOU ARE THE STRATEGIST --
>> WELL, IT'S JUST BEING TONE
DEAF TO THE SITUATION.
GOING IN AN ACTIVIST GOVERNMENT
AND THINKING WHEN PEOPLE ARE
HURTING AND THEIR HOUSEHOLD
BUDGETS AND THEIR POCKETBOOKS
ARE HURTING, YOU WILL SELL THEM
ON SOCIAL CAUSES.
IN AN IDEAL SOCIETY, WE SHOULD
CARE FOR BOTH AND CARE ABOUT
ECONOMY IN A JUST SOCIETY.
WHEN PEOPLE ARE HURTING, YOU
HAVE TO TALK TO THEM IN THOSE
TERMS AND KNOW YOU FEEL THE PAIN
AND YOU ARE DOING THINGS TO
ALLEVIATE IT.
THE NDP DIDN'T CARRY THAT
MESSAGE INTO CALGARY.
THIS IS ANOTHER LESSON FOR
POLITICAL PARTIES, YOU HAVE TO
CHANGE YOUR MESSAGE AND KNOW
YOUR AUDIENCE.
YOU CAN'T JUST CARRY THE SAME
MESSAGE ACROSS AN ENTIRE
PROVINCE.
>> Rob: IT'S A TALE OF TWO
CITIES.
IT HARKINS BACK TO THE STAYS
WHEN SOME REFER TO EDMONTON AS
REDMONTON --
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CALGARY, BUT THE PERCEPTION IN 
EDMONTON IS THAT WE GOT SHUT OUT
AND WE'RE BEING PUNISHED.
>> Rob: ONE LEADER TO ADDRESS 
THAT PERCEPTION IS THAT MAKE 
SURE THAT PEOPLE FROM EDMONTON 
SHOW UP IN CABINET, IN POSITIONS
OF PROMINENCE.
IT'S GOING TO BE TRICKY CABINET 
MAKING IF YOU ONLY HAVE SOME OF 
THE CANDIDATES WHO SECURE SEATS.
ONE NAME THAT MAYBE A LOT OF 
PEOPLE, FORMER INTERIM LEADER OF
THE FORMER PROGRESSIVE 
CONSERVATIVE PARTY.
RICK McIVOR.
>> WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THE 
MAP.
A LOT OF BLUE ON THE MAP.
YOU'RE SEEING FAR MORE BLUE 
RIGHT ACROSS THE PROVINCE THAN 
WE WERE IN TO 2015.
AGAIN, YOU HAD MENTIONED RICK 
McIVOR.
HOLDING ON.
THEN AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT 
DRAYTON VALLEY DEVON, A NAME 
THAT ALBERTANS ARE FAMILIAR 
WITH.
THERE WAS CONTROVERSY WITH THIS 
RIDING.
U.C.P. TAKING THIS.
FORT McMURRAY WOOD BUFFALO, 
WE'RE LOOKING AT AREAS OUTSIDE 
OF EDMONTON.
THIS IS HOW THE U.C.P. HAS 
CLAIMED THIS VICTORY FOR THE 
PROVINCE HERE AND AGAIN ALSO 
LOOKING AT OLD DIDSBURY THREE 
HILLS WHERE THE U.C.P. HAS A 
SIGNIFICANT LEAD IN THAT RIDING 
AS WELL.
>> NATHAN COOPER, ELECTED BY THE
PEOPLE OF THE RIDING.
THERE WE SAW SEVERAL POTENTIAL 
CABINET MINISTERS, INCLUDING 
MARK SMITH.
HE WAS THE CRITIC FOR EDUCATION,
THAT PORTFOLIO.
WHETHER OR NOT HE ACTUALLY MAKES
IT INTO THE EDUCATION MINISTER'S
MINISTRY, IF HE INHERITS THAT 
ONCE HE MOVES INTO CABINET IS 
SOMETHING ELSE ALL TOGETHER.
THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO 
START THINKING ABOUT AS THEY 
PLAN TRANSITION TO THE 
GOVERNMENT NOW THAT THE U.C.P. 
HAS BEEN PROJECTED TO FORM 
GOVERNMENT HERE.
BUT JASON KENNEY HAS A LONG LIST
OF PRIORITIES.
AND ACTION ITEMS HE WANTS TO GET
TO.
AND BRYAN LABBY IS JOINING US 
NOW FROM THE STAMPEDE GROUNDS IN
CALGARY.
SITE OF U.C.P. HEADQUARTERS, 
WHERE THE PARTY IS AT IN THE 
PROVINCE TONIGHT, AWASH IN BLUE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FIRST 100 
OR SO DAYS OF THE U.C.P. 
GOVERNMENT.
BRYAN, WHAT SHOULD ALBERTANS 
EXPECT?
>> Reporter: IT'S DESCRIBED AS 
THE 100 DAYS OF APPEALS OR 
ACTIONS.
THERE IS NO DOUBT IN THEIR MIND 
JASON KENNEY IS GOING TO ROLL UP
HIS SLEEVES, GETTING TO WORK 
THROUGH THE SUMMER, TRASHING THE
N.D.P. POLICIES.
WE'VE HEARD ABOUT SCRAPPING THE 
CARBON TAX.
THAT IS BILL ONE.
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT TURNING 
OFF THE TAPS TO B.C.
JASON KENNEY HAS TALKED ABOUT 
THAT BEING THE FIRST ORDER OF 
BUSINESS WHEN HE HOLDS A CABINET
MEETING.
THAT LAW OBVIOUSLY IS ALREADY ON
THE BOOKS.
THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO 
PROCLAIM IT INTO LAW.
THERE HAS BEEN TALK ABOUT 
SCRAPPING THE CAP, THE N.D.P. 
CAP ON OILSANDS EMISSIONS.
THEY'RE GOING TO EASE OFF ON THE
PLAN TO PHASE OUT COAL-FIRED 
POWER PLANTS.
THEY'RE GOING TO SCRAP THE 
MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PLAN TO SHIP
OIL BY RAIL.
THEY'RE GOING TO CUT RED TAPE 
FOR BUSINESS.
THERE IS A LONG LIST OF ITEMS 
THAT JASON KENNEY PLANS TO MOVE 
FORWARD WITH.
AND APPARENTLY IT'S GOING TO 
HAPPEN SOON.
THEY WANT TO GET GOING WITHIN 
TWO WEEKS.
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT A 
SWEARING-IN CEREMONY TWO WEEKS 
FROM TODAY.
MEMBERS OF THE INNER CIRCLE HAVE
BEEN TELLING ME TONIGHT.
>> Rob: BRYAN, NO JOB JASON 
KENNEY HAS A MANDATE TO 
IMPLEMENT A PLAN, PEOPLE VOTED 
FOR IT.
BUT I WONDER FROM THE PEOPLE 
YOU'RE TALKING TO ABOUT THERE, 
ARE THEY SURPRISED ABOUT THE 
ELECTION, 62 IN THE PROVINCE.
I KNOW PEOPLE HOPED THIS WOULD 
BE A TRUE LANDSLIDE.
>> Reporter: ABSOLUTELY.
THERE WAS A SENSE OF THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT 
OF APPLAUSE AND CHEERS.
BUT YOU THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
TURNED UP HIGHER.
BUT EARLY ON WHEN THE 
ANNOUNCEMENT CAME THROUGH, WE 
WERE AT THE 44 SEAT LEVEL, UP TO
50 AND NOW THE AT 62, SO PEOPLE 
WERE THINKING IT WAS GOING TO BE
STRONGER, POSSIBLY HITTING 70 
SEATS.
OBVIOUSLY, A MAJORITY GOVERNMENT
IS A MAJORITY GOVERNMENT.
PEOPLE ARE PLEASED WITH THAT.
BUT THERE IS ALSO THE SAME 
SENSE, ROB, IT'S TRUE, THEY WERE
THINKING THAT POSSIBLY COULD 
HAVE BEEN HIGHER SO THAT LEADS 
TO A LOT OF OTHER QUESTIONS 
ABOUT, WELL, DID THIS FEAR AND 
SMEAR CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED BY THE 
N.D.P., DID THAT PLAY A ROLE?
DID PEOPLE HAVE SECOND THOUGHTS?
>> Rob: IT'S A POLARIZED 
PROVINCE TONIGHT.
THANK YOU.
WITH ONLY TWO PARTIES IN THE 
LEGISLATURE RIGHT NOW, TWO AT 
THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE 
SPECTRUM.
IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN EXPECT 
FROM THE U.C.P., YOU HAVE A 
SENSE OF THAT, BUT WHAT CAN WE 
EXPECT FROM HER MAJESTY'S LOYAL 
OPPOSITION.
WE KNOW IT WILL BE LED BY THE 
FORMER PREMIER, RACHEL NOTLEY, 
SHE'LL SET THE TONE.
AND SHE WON'T BE ALONE HAVING A 
BEVY OF EXPERIENCED HANDS AROUND
HER.
NANCY CARLSON IS CONTINUING TO 
TRACK THE RESULTS AS THEY COME 
INTO THE DECISION DESK.
NANCY, HOW MANY FORMER CABINET 
MINISTERS WILL BE ALONGSIDE 
RACHEL NOTLEY?
DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF THAT?
>> Nancy: WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT
26, WE CAN BREAK IT DOWN 
FURTHER.
WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT WHO IS 
HOLDING ONTO THOSE SEATS.
AGAIN, THEY DO HAVE SIGNIFICANT 
NAMES.
YOU DO SEE A LOT OF N.D.P. HERE 
IN EDMONTON THAT IS WHAT THEY 
WERE HOPING TO SEE.
SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF 
THE CABINET MINISTERS WHO ARE 
MANAGING TO HOLD ON.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT FORMER HEALTH 
MINISTER, SARAH HOFFMAN, 
EDMONTON GLENORA, SHE IS HOLDING
ON.
EDMONTON RIVERVIEW, THESE ARE 
ALL PROMINENT N.D.P. NAMES THAT 
ARE HOLDING ON.
THAT IS SIGNIFICANT.
BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE 
SEATS THAT THE N.D.P. WANTED TO 
HOLD ONTO, THESE WERE CRUCIAL.
EDMONTON-MILL WOODS, CHRISTINA 
GRAY HOLDING ON THERE.
>> NOT THERE RIGHT NOW, JOE 
CECI.
JUSTICE MINISTER, HANLEY, SO 
SOME OF THE HOTLY CONTESTED 
RIDINGS, WE'RE CONTINUE TO WAIT 
AND SEE IF THOSE FOLKS WILL END 
UP IN THE LEGISLATURE ALONG 
RACHEL NOTLEY.
THANK YOU.
WANT TO HEAD BACK DOWN TO THE 
N.D.P. HEADQUARTERS AND KIM 
TRYNACITY AT THE EDMONTON 
CONVENTION CENTRE.
SHE HAS A GUEST AND ONE OF THOSE
FAMILIAR FACES FROM THE N.D.P. 
BENCHES WHO WILL BE SETTING IN 
THE LEGISLATURE.
HAVE WE ELECTED DAVID SHEPHERD, 
I CAN'T RECALL, DO YOU?
>> YES, DAVID SHEPHERD WILL BE 
RETURNING TO THE LEGISLATIVE 
ASSEMBLY AS THE MLA FOR EDMONTON
CENTRE.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE SOME OF 
YOUR COLLEAGUES WHEN YOU GO 
BACK.
>> KIM, IN GENERAL, I'M FEELING 
GOOD.
WE WORKED HARD, RAN A GOOD 
CAMPAIGN.
I'M PROUD OF THE CAMPAIGN I RAN,
PROUD OF THE CAMPAIGN THAT OUR 
PARTY RAN AND PROUD OF THE WORK 
OUR GOVERNMENT DID OVER THE LAST
FOUR YEARS.
I'M GOING TO MISS SOME OF THE 
FOLKS I HAD A CHANCE TO DO THAT 
WORK WITH.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO 
BE HERE.
>> Reporter: WHERE DID THE 
CAMPAIGN GO WRONG?
>> I'M PROUD OF THE CAMPAIGN WE 
RAN.
WE CAME THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES 
IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
OUR GOVERNMENT WAS DEALT WITH 
DIFFICULT PIECES.
I'M PROUD HOW RACHEL STEPPED UP 
AND HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOR 
ALBERTANS ON A NUMBER OF FRONTS,
BUT ALBERTANS HAD THEIR OWN 
DECISION TO MAKE TONIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE IT WORK 
AND FIGHT.
>> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU THINK 
OF THE IDEA THAT YOU'RE GOING TO
BE SITTING ON THE OPPOSITION?
>> WELL, AGAIN, I'M WILLING TO 
TAKE WHATEVER OPPORTUNITY I HAVE
TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF THIS 
PROVINCE.
I'VE WORKED VERY HARD OVER THE 
LAST FOUR YEARS TO KEEP A GOOD 
RELATIONSHIP WITH FOLKS ON ALL 
SIDES OF THE HOUSE.
I HAVE BUILT A POSITION OF 
RESPECT WITH ALL PARTIES.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE WORK ON 
BEHALF OF EDMONTON CITY CENTRE.
>> Reporter: WHAT METHODS DOES 
THIS -- MESSAGE DOES THIS SEND 
TO YOUR CAUCUS?
>> WELL, IT'S CLEAR, YOU KNOW, 
THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN, IT'S 
CLEAR NOW, THAT ALBERTANS ARE 
FEELING VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
ECONOMY.
MR. KENNEY HAS MADE A LOT OF 
LARGE PROMISES.
IT'S GOING TO BE THE, IF HE 
SHOULD BECOME PREMIER, IT'S 
GOING TO BE OUR JOB THAT HE IS 
ABLE TO FOLLOW THROUGH.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH.
FROM THE N.D.P. HEADQUARTERS.
>> Rob: ANY WORD WHEN WE MIGHT 
HEAR FROM THE NEW LEADER OF THE 
OFFICIAL OPPOSITION?
>> Reporter: NOT YET.
I THINK THEY'RE STILL WAITING 
FOR RESULTS TO COME IN AND WE 
HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD WHEN RACHEL 
NOTLEY WILL BE APPEARING, BUT 
WE'LL HAVE ABOUT A TEN MINUTES' 
HEADS-UP.
SHE 
>> Rob: THE SAFEST SEAT IN THE 
PROVINCE, IF YOU'RE A NEW 
DEMOCRAT IN THE RIDING OF 
EDMONTON-STRATHCONA, RACHEL 
NOTLEY HAS BEEN RE-ELECTED ONCE 
AGAIN.
SHE SECURED THAT RIDING IN 2008.
SHE'S BEEN IN PROVINCIAL 
POLITICS FOR MORE THAN A DECADE.
SHE DID THE UNTHINKABLE IN 2015,
TOOK THAT PARTY FROM 4 SEATS, 
THE FIRST NEW DEMOCRAT 
GOVERNMENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE
PROVINCE.
KNOWN OBVIOUSLIES AS THE 
HEARTLAND OF CONSERVATIVE 
GOVERNMENT.
SHE HAS BEEN REJECTED BY THE 
PEOPLE AS THE PREMIER TONIGHT.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO HEAR FROM 
RACHEL NOTLEY SHORTLY.
AND WE'VE HEARD FROM PARTISANS.
WE HEARD FROM DAVID SHEPHERD 
TELLING US WHAT HE CAN EXPECT 
FROM AN N.D.P. OPPOSITION IN THE
MONTH AHEAD AND HEARD FROM BRYAN
LABBY IN TERMS OF THE AGENDA 
JASON KENNEY WILL ASSUME.
AS SOON AS TWO WEEKS WE COULD 
SEE A SWEARING IN CEREMONY.
LET'S HEAR FROM A REGULAR VOTER.
DOWN AT MERCER TAVERN, THAT'S 
WHERE A VOTER VIEWING PARTY HAS 
BEEN GOING ON.
SOUNDS SUBDUED THERE, ADRIENNE 
PAN?
>> Reporter: I WOULD SAY THE 
MOOD HERE IS RELATIVELY SUBDUED,
HOWEVER, IT SEEMS TO BE QUITE AN
N.D.P. PARTISAN ELECTION VIEWING
AUDIENCE HERE EVERY TIME WE'RE 
SHOWING RESULTS.
WE'RE HAVING STRONG ROBUST 
APPLAUSE.
ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO IS 
APPLAUDING HEARING THE N.D.P. IS
DOING WELL, MIKE, YOU'RE 
CHEERING ON THE N.D.P.
>> I'M A BIG FAN OF THE ALBERTA 
PARTY.
I JUST BELIEVE THAT THE N.D.P. 
HAD REALLY GOOD SOCIAL POLICIES 
OVER THE PAST YEAR.
SO LOOKING AT THIS, I'M FRANKLY 
FAIRLY DISAPPOINTED.
WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE.
I THINK IT WILL BE DISTRESSING 
TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE NEXT 
FEW YEARS WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
BUT I MEAN, I GUESS IT IS WHAT 
IT IS.
>> Reporter: WHAT IS IT ABOUT 
THE U.C.P.'S PROMISES, PLATFORM,
THAT MAYBE MAKES YOU NERVOUS 
ABOUT THE NEXT FOUR YEARS?
>> SO THE BIGGEST THEY THINK FOR
ME IS THIS WHOLE VOTER SCANDAL.
MY BIGGEST ISSUE THERE, I THINK 
THIS IS VERY INDICATIVE OF 
THE -- I GUESS OF THE WAY THAT 
THIS COULD SHAKE THE INTEGRITY 
OF THE PARTY.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT ALARMING TO 
SEE THE NEXT PREMIER IS COMING 
IN WITH ALL OF THESE SCANDALS 
BEHIND HIM.
BUT FOR ME, IT'S ALSO THE FACT 
THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT 
PRIVATIZED HEALTH CARE ON THE 
BILL.
ANTI-GSA.
THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES I 
WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE U.C.P. 
ADDRESS, MORE SOCIAL POLITICS.
>> Reporter: YOU VOTED FOR THE 
ALBERTA PARTY, WHAT ARE YOUR 
HOPES FOR THAT PARTY?
>> I'M HOPING THAT THE ALBERTA 
PARTY CAN WIN A FEW SEATS.
I'M HOPING THEY TAKE THE TIME TO
GRAB A FEW SEATS AND GROW.
I THINK THAT IS THE BIGGEST 
THING FOR THEM.
>> Reporter: WE'LL BE WATCHING 
THE RESULTS.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 
TALKING WITH US, MIKE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Reporter: BACK TO YOU, ROB.
>> Rob: NOT LOOKING PROMISING 
FOR THE PARTY SUPPORTERS.
NOT PROJECTED TO SECURE ANY 
SEATS IN ALBERTA TONIGHT.
THE LIBERALS AS WELL, THE 
FREEDOM CONSERVATIVE PARTY, THEY
HAVEN'T POPPED UP, SO LET'S 
CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT 
WHO MIGHT SHOW UP IN THE 
OPPOSITION BENCHES ALONG RACHEL 
NOTLEY, CHRISTINA GRAVES 
PERHAPS, BUT A STRONG CONTINGENT
OF CABINET MINISTERS.
>> EARLIER YOU MENTIONED JOE 
CECI.
AS WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK TO SEE 
WHERE THE N.D.P. IS HOLDING ON, 
AGAIN YOU'RE LOOKING AT JOE 
CECI, NO A BIG DIFFERENCE 
BETWEEN WHERE HE IS AND WHERE 
THE U.C.P. IS.
AGAIN, VERY CLOSE.
THAT IS DEFINITELY ONE WE'RE 
GOING TO BE WATCHING.
WHAT ABOUT THIS ONE?
KATHLEEN GANLEY.
THIS IS CALGARY MOUNTAINVIEW.
THE NAME WE DON'T SEE RIGHT NOW,
DAVID KHAN, THE LEADER OF THE 
ALBERTA LIBERALS.
HE IS FALLING BEHIND THE N.D.P.,
THE U.C.P. AND THE ALBERTA 
PARTY.
THAT IS HUGE FOR THE ALBERTA 
LIBERALS.
AND THEN CALGARY McCALL.
THIS IS ONE THAT THE N.D.P. 
WANTED TO HOLD ON TO.
SABIR HOLDING ON.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT VERY FEW 
POINTS SEPARATING THE CANDIDATES
BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT PARTIES 
LEADING AND FOLLOWING.
AND THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT 
CALGARY, THIS ONE KEEPS GOING 
BACK AND FORTH.
THIS IS A NEW RIDING.
BOTH PARTIES WANTING TO HOLD 
ONTO THIS.
AS WE LOOK AT REDISTRIBUTION AND
THE ROLE IT PLAYS.
AND BOTH OF THE PARTIES REALLY 
WANTING TO FOCUS ON CALGARY 
HAVING MORE CONTROL HERE.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE N.D.P., 
HOLDING ONTO A FEW, BUT PROBABLY
NOT THE PICTURE IN CALGARY THAT 
THEY WERE HOPING FOR TONIGHT, 
ROB.
>> Rob: IT MAY BE A WHILE BEFORE
WE KNOW IN THOSE HOTLY CONTESTED
RIDINGS, THINKING 
CALGARY-BUFFALO, THE INCUMBENT 
JOE CECI.
WE MAY NOT KNOW TONIGHT.
AND ADVANCED POLLS.
AND VOTE ANYWHERE THAT WILL BE 
COUNTED TOMORROW.
PEOPLE THAT RESIDE IN THAT 
RIDING, IT COULD BE WHILE.
BUT JOE CECI OUT IN FRONT.
THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE 
OPPOSITION.
THE NEW DEMOCRATS WANT SOMEBODY 
HIGH-PROFILE FROM CALGARY 
ALONGSIDE THEM.
LET'S TALK ABOUT ANOTHER PERSON 
FROM CALGARY WHO HAS BEEN 
ELECTED TONIGHT.
U.C.P. CANDIDATES IN THE RIDING 
OF CALGARY SHAW.
SO THE PEOPLE OF CALGARY SHAW 
HAVE ELECTED REBECCA SCHULTZ.
THAT MEANS GRAHAM HAS GONE DOWN 
TO DEFEAT.
HE WAS THE INCUMBENT AND REBECCA
SCHULTZ HAPPENS TO BE WITH BRYAN
LABBY.
I IMAGINE SHE'S FEELING PRETTY 
GOOD RIGHT NOW?
>> SHE'S FEELING REALLY GOOD.
JUST WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO 
KNOCK OFF, FIRST OFF TO BE 
ELECTED TO THE LEGISLATURE AND 
THEN KNOCK OFF ON N.D.P. 
INCUMBENT?
>> IT'S QUITE AMAZING, BUT IT'S 
HUMBLING THAT ALL OF THE PEOPLE 
I'VE SPOKEN WITH OVER THE LAST 
11 MONTHS, PUT THEIR FAITH IN 
ME, AND THE U.C.P. AND JASON 
KENNEY TO LEAD OUR PROVINCE 
FORWARD FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
>> Reporter: WHAT DID PEOPLE SAY
ABOUT THE N.D.P.?
OR WAS IT WHAT PEOPLE WERE 
SAYING ABOUT THE U.C.P. AND WHAT
THEY WERE HOPING FOR?
>> IT WAS A BIT OF BOTH.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTED A 
GOVERNMENT THAT WOULD LISTEN TO 
THEM.
OVER AND OVER WE HEARD PEOPLE 
FOCUSED ON JOBS AND THE ECONOMY.
THEY WANTED OPPORTUNITY AND 
HOPE.
THEY WANTED TO RAISE THEIR 
FAMILIES AND BUILD THEIR LIVES 
HERE AND THEY DIDN'T FEEL THE 
OPPORTUNITIES EXISTED.
THEY WANTED A GOVERNMENT THAT 
WOULD STAND UP FOR ALBERTANS.
PEOPLE FELT CONFIDENCE IN JASON 
KENNEY'S LEADERSHIP AND OUR 
PLATFORM.
AND WHAT THE PROVINCE WOULD LOOK
LIKE UNDER THAT GOVERNMENT.
>> Reporter: YOU KNOCKED ON 
13,000 DOORS, SO YOU NEED TO 
RECOVER.
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT A YOUNG 
FAMILY AND YOU'RE HEADING UP TO 
EDMONTON.
THIS IS A LOT OF CHANGE.
>> YOU KNOW, IT IS.
AND I STARTED KNOCKING ON DOORS 
LAST MAY FOR THE NOMINATION.
WE HAD A CONTESTED NOMINATION IN
CALGARY SHAW TO BEGIN WITH, SO 
MANY OF THE 13,000 DOORS I HAD 
KNOCKED ON LAST SPRING, SUMMER 
AND FALL, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS 
IMPORTANT TO HAVE YOUNG FAMILIES
REPRESENTING US IN THE LGBTTURE,
SO -- LEGISLATURE, SO THAT'S A 
DECISION WE MADE AS A FAMILY AND
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> Rob: SHE'S EXCITED TO BE AN 
MLA, NO DOUBT.
AND EXPLAINING IN HER TERMS WHY 
SHE THINKS THE U.C.P. SHOULD 
SECURE THE MAJORITY TONIGHT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE VOTED FOR THE 
U.C.P.
THEY PREFER THIS OPTION.
THEY WANT TO SEE CHANGE IN THE 
PROVINCE.
THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT THE 
ECONOMY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T VOTE FOR 
THE U.C.P.
AND WE HEARD FROM ONE OF THOSE 
N.D.P. SUPPORTERS, ALBERTA 
SUPPORTERS, ALBERTA PARTY 
SUPPORTERS SYMPATHETIC TO THE 
N.D.P.
HIGHLIGHTING SOCIAL ISSUES.
I WANT TO PUT THAT TO THE PANEL 
BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THE 
ECONOMIC AGENDA THAT JASON 
KENNEY IS GOING TO BRING WITH 
THE NEW U.C.P. MAJORITY.
BUT NAJIB, A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO 
DIDN'T VOTE N.D.P. DIDN'T DO SO 
BECAUSE THEY BOUGHT INTO THE 
FEAR CAMPAIGN.
THEY WERE CONCERNED JASON KENNEY
DIDN'T CUT MARK SMITH LOOSE WHEN
HE PUT ALONG PEDOPHILIA WITH 
HOMOPHOBIC.
ARE WE GOING TO SEE A SOCIALLY 
CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT IN 
POLICY AND LEGISLATION?
WHAT DO YOU THINK WE'LL SEE FROM
JASON KENNEY AND THE U.C.P. ON 
THAT FRONT?
 NOIP I      
>> Najib: I THINK THEY NEED TO 
DEMAND THAT.
AT THE TIME OF THE ELECTION, NOT
JUST THE N.D.P., BUT THE SMALL 
PARTIES, THEY WERE NOT RELEVANT 
BECAUSE A LOT HAD HOPE THEY 
POSITIONED AS A CENTRIST PARTY 
AND A PARTY ABOUT DIVERSITY, WHY
THEY DIDN'T GET TRACTION.
CHANGE DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN AT 
ELECTIONS.
IT HAPPENS BETWEEN ELECTIONS.
THAT'S A GREAT TIME FOR ALL THE 
PARTIES TO REFLECT AND MOVE 
FORWARD.
I THINK EVEN JASON KENNEY'S 
U.C.P., WHEN YOU SAW HOW HE 
APPROACHED RECRUITING CANDIDATES
AND REKRAUTING FROM THE 
SMALLER -- RECRUITING FROM THE 
SMALLER ETHNIC COMMUNITIES, HE 
UNDERSTANDS HIS PARTY HAS TO 
CHANGE.
>> Rob: DUANE BRAD, PROFESSOR OF
SCIENCE, ALBERTA IS ABOUT TO GET
THE MOST SOCIALLY CONSERVATIVE 
GOVERNMENT SINCE THE DAYS OF 
ERNEST MANNING.
WHO HELD PREMIER HOSTED A WEEKLY
BIBLE RADIO SHOW.
SOCIAL CONSERVATISM.
ARE WE GOING TO SEE FROM JASON 
KENNEY A SOCIAL CONSERVATIVE 
AGENDA GIVEN THE MAKEUP AND 
COMPOSITION OF HIS CAUCUS?
OR ARE WE GOING TO SEE SOMETHING
AKIN TO WHAT PROGRESSIVE 
CONSERVATIVE CABINET MINISTER 
GARY MAR WAS TALKING ABOUT, THE 
HARPER MODEL?
>> Janet: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
RAISED ITS HEAD IN THE ELECTION,
THE GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE.
HE IS TALKING ABOUT REPEALING 
THE EDUCATION ACT.
AND THAT WOULD CHANGE THE NATURE
OF GSAs.
SO ON THE ONE HAND, HE'S 
PROMISED SOCIAL PROGRESSIVES 
THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY, HE'S 
NOT GOING TO TOUCH DIVISIVE 
SOCIAL ISSUES, BUT HE'S 
TINKERING AROUND THE EDGES.
SO THOSE PEOPLE FEARFUL OF A 
JASON KENNEY GOVERNMENT IS GOING
TO BE WATCHING THIS CONCESSION 
SPEECH CLOSELY TONIGHT AND 
WATCHING THE FIRST MOVES THAT 
JASON KENNEY TAKES IN THE 
LEGISLATURE.
>> Rob: THAT VICTORY SPEECH FOR 
SURE.
GRAHAM, THE HARPER MOOLD MODEL.
WE'VE THESE PEOPLE IN THE 
CAUCUS.
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM A SAY 
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO IGNORE 
THE ISSUES AND GOVERN TO THE 
MASSES ON ECONOMIC ISSUES.
WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING FROM 
JASON KENNEY?
>> I'M EXPECTING MORE LIKE THAT.
THERE WILL BE CHANGES.
YOU MENTIONED GAY-STRAIGHT 
ALLIANCES, THE FACT THAT JASON 
KENNEY IS GOING TO KEEP THE 
ALLIANCE.
HE'S GOING TO LOOSEN THE 
PROTECTION AROUND THEM.
HE IS REPLACING THE SCHOOL ACT 
WITH THE EDUCATION ACT.
GETTING AROUND BILL 24.
THAT WAS BROUGHT IN BY THE 
N.D.P. TO PROTECT GAY-STRAIGHT 
ALLIANCES IN SCHOOLS.
HE'LL BE TAKING THAT AWAY, SO 
THERE IS LESS PROTECTION FOR THE
GSA.
HE'S NOT GOING TO KILL THEM, 
THEY'LL BE THERE, BUT MOVES 
SOCIALLY CONSERVATIVE WILL BE 
MORE SUBTLE.
BUT OVERALL, IT WILL BE MORE 
LIKE THE STEPHEN HARPER, WHERE 
MAYBE HE IS AGAINST ABORTION ON 
A PERSONAL LEVEL, BUT IS NOT 
GOING TO CHANGE THE LAWS TO 
REFLECT HIS OWN VIEWS.
KENNEY HAS BEEN CLEAR HE WON'T 
USE HIS ONLY PERSONAL VIEWS, 
HE'S A STRONG CATHOLIC, TO 
AFFECT GOVERNMENT POLICY.
YES, HE'LL BE WATCHING THE 
N.D.P., IT'S A STRONG 
OPPOSITION.
WATCH KENNEY VERY CAREFULLY, 
BECAUSE KENNEY HAS TALKED ABOUT 
THE 100 DAYS OF CHANGE.
SUMMER OF REPEAL.
HE'LL START BLOWING UP THINGS 
THE N.D.P. BROUGHT IN.
HE'LL BE DISMANTLING THE N.D.P. 
LEGACY.
THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR THOSE IN 
EDMONTON THAT VOTED FOR THE 
PARTY.
>> Rob: A LOT OF PEOPLE IN WHAT 
IS TRADITIONALLY KNOWN AS THE 
BIBLE BELT, PEOPLE WHO WOULD 
TACK TOWARD THAT END OF THE 
POLITICAL SPECTRUM WHILE 
BUILDERS OF THE PAST, IS WHAT 
NANCY HAS BEEN LOOKING AT IN THE
AREA OF RED DEER AND AROUND.
HOW DID THAT BREAK OUT?
>> Nancy: WE'RE STARTING IN RED 
DEER AND THE TWO RIDINGS SPLIT 
THAT CITY IN HALF.
RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE HOLDING ON.
THE U.C.P.
AGAIN, ELECTED IN THAT AREA.
THAT IS RED DEER NORTH.
AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT RED DEER 
SOUTH, SAME PICTURE.
THAT IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE
PROVINCE.
LET'S GO TO THE NORTHERN PART OF
THE PROVINCE.
SLAVE LAKE.
BIG, BIG LOSS FOR THE N.D.P. 
THERE.
DANIELLE LAIR BY.
SHE HAS A LOT OF GROUND TO MAKE 
UP IN THE RIDING.
THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A BIG 
LOSS FOR THE N.D.P.
LETHBRIDGE-EAST, IT'S ONE OF THE
AREAS WHERE THE N.D.P. AND THE 
U.C.P. HAVE BEEN KEEPING TABS 
ON.
SO AGAIN, THIS TIME WE'RE 
LOOKING AT THE U.C.P. TAKING 
THIS ONE.
LETHBRIDGE-EAST.
WE'RE LOOKING ACROSS THE 
PROVINCE.
EVEN THOUGH THE FOCUS WAS ON THE
TWO MAIN CITIES, WE ARE LOOKING 
AT THE AREAS SURROUNDING THE TWO
MAIN CITIES IN CENTRAL ALBERTA 
AS WELL.
IT ALL MAKES A DIFFERENCE WHEN 
WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE TOTALS.
>> Rob: ALSO, THE LEADER OF THE 
ALBERTA PARTY, FORMER EDMONTON 
MAYOR, STEPHEN MANDEL.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE RIDING 
OF EDMONTON-McCLUNG.
YEAH, EXPECTATIONS WERE HIGH FOR
STEPHEN MANDEL, BUT HE IS GOING 
UP AGAINST AN INCUMBENT IN 
LORNE
DACH.
THIS IS MR. MANDEL'S SECOND KICK
OF THE CAN.
HE RAN FOR JIM PRENTICE'S P.C.S 
BACK IN 2015.
HE WAS WIPED OUT IN 2015 A BIT 
OF A RESURGENCE, LATE SECOND 
LIFE AS A POLITICAL CAREER, 
DECIDING HE WOULD SEEK THE 
LEADERSHIP OF THE ALBERTA PARTY,
HOPING WE COULD SEE A BREAK 
THROUGH HERE IN EDMONTON FOR THE
EDMONTON PARTY.
MR. MANDEL, AFTER GREG CLARK 
WHERE THE PARTY WAS FORMED AND 
HAD ITS STRONG ROOTS WAS FORCED 
OUT, GREG CLARK RESIGNING, BUT 
THE CHATTER WAS HE WAS FORCED 
OUT.
YOU'RE AT ALBERTA PARTY 
HEADQUARTERS.
PEOPLE ARE WONDERING IF THEY 
WENT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR 
THAT PARTY, TURNING THEIR BACK 
ON THE PARTY IN FAVOUR OF MR. 
MANDEL.
SEEN ANY SIGN OF HIM TONIGHT?
>> HE IS HERE IN THE BUILDING AT
THE ALBERTA PARTY HEADQUARTERS.
IT'S ALSO ADJACENT TO THEIR 
PARTY OFFICE.
HE HAS BEEN HERE.
WE ARE TOLD HE WILL BE COMING 
IN, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE HE WILL 
NOT BE WINNING HAD IS SEAT IN 
EDMONTON.
SUPPORTERS ARE OPTIMISTIC, BUT 
RIGHT NOW, EVERYBODY IS WAITING 
TO HEAR FROM STEPHEN MANDEL.
IT WAS GOING TO BE A TOUGH RACE.
HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT EARLIER 
TODAY.
HE'S JUST SAYING RIGHT NOW, HE'S
BEEN CAMPAIGNING ACTUALLY FOR 15
MONTHS.
HE'S HAPPY TO SEE IT COME TO AN 
END.
AND ULTIMATELY, THROUGH DOOR 
KNOCKING HE HEARD FROM PEOPLE 
THEY WERE DISSATISFIED WITH THE 
N.D.P.
OTHERS TELLING ME THEY FEEL LIKE
THEY HAVE WON SOMETHING BECAUSE 
THE N.D.P. HASN'T SEEN -- BUT 
MANDEL WAITING TO COME IN.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AN 
INTERESTING WIN FOR THE OTHER 
PARTY.
THE LAST TIME THE PARTY -- THE 
LAST TIME THE SEAT IN 
EDMONTON-McCLUNG WAS HELD TWO 
ELECTIONS IN A ROW, WAS 2008.
HE WAS ABLE TO HOLD IT.
BUT THE LAST ELECTION, THE 
PARTY, THE SEATS HAS BEEN HELD 
BY THREE DIFFERENT PARTIES.
TONIGHT, IT WILL BE HELD BY 
LORNE DACH, THE N.D.P. 
INCUMBENT.
>> Rob: IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A 
STORY OF TWO PARTIES.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT IN THIS 
PROVINCE IN DECADES.
WHAT OF THE ALBERTA PARTY?
YOU KNOW THE PANEL IS GOING TO 
HAVE THOUGHTS ON THAT.
LET'S GO TO NAJIB JUTT.
GRAHAM THOMPSON, JANICE.
IF THE ALBERTA PARTY CANNOT WIN 
IN EDMONTON WITH A FORMER 
RELATIVELY POPULAR MAYOR, AND A 
SEASONED POLITICIAN IN STEPHEN 
MANDEL, AND THEY CAN'T HOLD ONTO
THEIR SEAT IN CALGARY, AT THIS 
POINT IT APPEARS THAT GREG 
CLARK, THE FORMER LEADER, THE 
ONLY MLA EVER ELECTED UNDER THE 
PARTY BANNER WILL NOT SECURE 
THIS SEAT.
IS THIS EXPERIMENT IN ALBERTA 
POLITICS OVER?
>> I DON'T THINK THE EXPERIMENT 
IS OVER.
I THINK THE APPROACH HAS TO BE 
REDEFINED.
I'M A BRAND MANAGER AND ALWAYS 
LOOKED AT THE ALBERTA PARTY AS 
BRANDING EXERCISE.
THEY'VE POSITIONED THEMSELVES AS
A CENTRIST PARTY AND BROUGHT IN 
AN EX-MINISTER AS THEIR LEADER.
I DON'T THINK PEOPLE CONNECTED 
WITH THAT.
AND THEN MR. MANDEL WAS NOT 
ALLOWED TO BE HIS BRAND.
THE FIERY MAYOR THAT GOT AN 
ARENA BUILT.
IF I WAS HIM, I WOULD HAVE 
KICKED DOWN DOORS IN CALGARY AND
SAID, I CAN BUILD AN ARENA AND 
ALSO BUILD PIPELINES, BUT WE 
ALSO NEVER SAW THAT.
>> Rob: YOU WANT TO GET IN THAT 
MESS?
THE ARENA?
DID THE PARTY MAKE A MISTAKE IN 
TURNING ITS BACK ON THE CALGARY 
ROOTS AND TRYING TO BE 
AMBITIOUS?
THEY DID THAT OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU
SAW THAT UNITING OF THE 
CONSERVATIVE VOTE.
AND THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING
TO SYPHON OFF A LOT OF P.C.ers.
>> THE ALBERTA PARTY WAS ALWAYS 
IN TOUGH IN THIS ELECTION.
IN THE LAST ELECTION IT WAS A 
THREE-PARTY RACE, THE N.D.P. 
CAME UP THE MIDDLE AND WON THAT 
WAY.
SO ALBERTANS ARE FOCUSED ON THE 
FACT THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE
THEIR VOTE COUNTS.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY 
DON'T GIVE A VOTE TO A PARTY 
THAT IS REALLY NOT IN THE 
RUNNING AND HELP A PARTY THAT 
THEY LIKE LESS.
I HEARD THIS ALL THE TIME FROM 
VOTERS.
THEY REALLY LIKE STEPHEN MANDEL 
IN THE DEBATE.
THEY ALSO LIKE DAVID KHAN, BUT 
THEY SAID I DON'T KNOW IF THEY 
HAVE A CHANCE IN THE RIDING AND 
I'M AFRAID TO VOTE FOR THEM.
IT'S A STRUGGLE AND THEY WEREN'T
ABLE TO BREAK THROUGH THE 
BARRIER OF PEOPLE NOT WANTING TO
QUOTE UNQUOTE THROW THEIR VOTE 
AWAY.
>> Rob: LET'S TACK TOWARD THE 
PEOPLE WHO WON THE ELECTION 
CAMPAIGN, THE UNITED 
CONSERVATIVE PARTY, OF JASON 
KENNEY.
VOTERS DEFINITELY CURIOUS ABOUT 
WHAT THIS WIN WILL MEAN FOR THE 
RCMP INVESTIGATION.
GRAHAM, THIS IS A Facebook 
QUESTION FROM DENNIS LANE.
EXCUSE ME IF I BUTCHERED YOUR 
NAME, DENNIS.
I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET 
YOUR QUESTIONS IN.
WE'RE SITTING WITH SMART PEOPLE,
THEY HAVE GREAT ANSWERS.
NO PRESSURE, GRAHAM.
WILL THE RCMP INVESTIGATE JASON 
KENNEY WHEN HE IS IN OFFICE?
AND QUITE A FEW PEOPLE HAVE A 
NOTE HERE ARE ASKING THIS 
QUESTION.
>> OF COURSE, IT'S THE LAW.
WE HAVE THE RULE OF LAW IN THIS 
PROVINCE.
RIGHT NOW THE INVESTIGATION IS 
NOT TARGETING JASON KENNEY.
>> GOOD POINT.
>> Graham: THE ELECTION 
COMMISSIONER IS TARGETING AND 
LOOKING JEFF CALLAWAY, THE 
KAMIKAZE CANDIDATE.
IN FACT, HIS PARTY -- HIS OFFICE
TALKED TO THE RCMP.
THEY WENT TO THE RCMP AND SAID 
WE'RE HERE TO HELP.
AND THE RCMP INVESTIGATION, THEY
WERE CALLED IN AT THE REQUEST OF
THE ELECTION COMMISSIONER WHO 
SAID, I'VE BEEN INVESTIGATING 
THIS.
THERE IS SOMETHING MAYBE GOING 
ON, MAYBE FRAUDULENTLY, BUT THIS
IS SOMETHING DEALING WITH THE 
JEFF CALLAWAY CAMPAIGN.
BUT HAVING GOING BACK TO THE 
COMBE, YES, WE'RE A PROVINCE, A 
COUNTRY OF LAWS AND THE RCMP, 
I'M CONVINCED THEY WILL BE 
FOLLOWING WHEREVER THIS LEADS.
BUT SO FAR IT'S IMPORTANT TO 
POINT OUT, IT'S NOT LED ANYBODY 
TO JASON KENNEY.
A LOT OF MEDIA LOOKING AT THIS.
THIS COLLABORATION, IF YOU CAN 
CALL IT THAT, BETWEEN THE KENNEY
CAMPAIGN AND THE CALLAWAY 
CAMPAIGN TO UNDERMINE BRYAN JEAN
OF THE WILDROSE.
YOU HAVE TO SAY THAT IS OLD 
STYLE POLITICS.
THAT IS CYNICAL POLITICS, DIRTY,
BUT NOTHING ILLEGAL.
THE QUESTION OF LEGALITY IS THE 
RCMP AND THEY'LL FOLLOW IT TO 
THE END.
>> Rob: I TOLD YOU WOULD GET A 
SMART ANSWER, DENNIS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ON Facebook 
WONDERING ABOUT THAT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WONDERING WHAT 
THIS GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO LOOK
LIKE.
ESPECIALLY GENDER PARITY.
THIS IS SOMETHING RACHEL NOTLEY 
MADE A PRIORITY.
JUSTIN TRUDEAU AS WELL IN 
OTTAWA.
JASON KENNEY, NOT TO BE OUTDONE,
HE'S CONSCIOUS OF THIS.
HE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN GOING OUT 
AND TRYING TO RECRUIT WOMEN 
CANDIDATES.
SOME OF THOSE CANDIDATES HAD TO 
RESIGN IN DISGRACE I'LL ADD, BUT
IT BEGS THE QUESTION, WHAT IS 
THE COMPOSITION OF THE 
LEGISLATURE GOING TO LOOK LIKE 
WHEN IT COMES TO GENDER, NANCY?
>> Nancy: I CAN ANSWER THAT 
QUESTION.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE GENDER 
AS IT STANDS IN THE LEGISLATURE.
SO WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK ACROSS 
THE PROVINCE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 
15 LEAVING.
THAT'S A DROP OF 4 FROM WHAT WE 
SAW IN THE LAST ELECTION.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE U.C.P.,
AGAIN GAINING 11.
THAT'S A POSITIVE.
BUT THEN YOU SEE THE DROP THERE 
WITH THE N.D.P., 15.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE 
NUMBER OF WOMEN WE'LL SEE IN THE
LEGISLATURE.
AND ANOTHER THING I WANT TO 
POINT OUT HERE, ROB, WHEN WE 
LOOK ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THERE 
WAS A TIME WHEN CANADA HAD 5 
WOMEN HOLDING ONTO THE PREMIER 
POSITION.
AND NOW WITH RACHEL NOTLEY 
FALLING BEHIND JASON KENNEY, WE 
DON'T HAVE ANY.
SO THERE IS ALSO THAT LOOK 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
NOT JUST HERE IN OUR PROVINCE.
>> Rob: TRYING TO THINK OF PARTY
LEADERS.
MAYBE FROM THE WORK, OBVIOUSLY 
RACHEL NOTLEY, ELIZABETH MAY, 
FEDERALLY, YEAH, LET'S NOT GO 
THERE YET, BECAUSE WE HAVE LOTS 
OF TIME.
YOU'RE ON IT.
IN THE MEANTIME, LET'S TALK 
ABOUT THE WOMAN WHO IS LEADING 
AND CONTINUING TO LEAD THE 
PROVINCE AND THE EXECUTIVE 
COUNCIL AS PREMIER, RACHEL 
NOTLEY.
SHE WILL END UP THE LEADER OF 
THE OFFICIAL OPPOSITION SHOULD 
SHE CHOOSE TO CONTINUE ON WITH 
POLITICAL LIFE.
KIM TRYNACITY IS DOWN AT THE 
HEADQUARTERS.
KIM HAS THE HEAD PHONES ON.
I TAKE IT'S GETTING LOUD BECAUSE
THE CROWD IS GROWING IN 
ANTICIPATION OF HEARING FROM 
RACHEL NOTLEY.
HOW SOON DO YOU EXPECT?
>> Reporter: WELL, ROB, WITH 
THESE HUGE HEAD PHONES ON, I 
CAN'T HEAR CLEARLY.
GOING TO SPEAK IN TEN MINUTES OR
LESS.
I AM TOLD SHE IS GOING TO WAIT 
FOR DAVID KHAN TO SPEAK.
HE FAILED TO WIN A SEAT THIS 
EVENING.
HE HAS JUST MADE A CONCESSION 
SPEECH IN CALGARY.
I'M TOLD THAT RACHEL NOTLEY WILL
SPEAK AFTER THAT.
I'M TOLD AROUND 9:45ISH.
COULD BE SLIGHTLY SOONER.
THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE BURSTS 
APPLAUSE.
THERE ARE COUPLE OF BOOS AS 
WELL.
I MIGHT NOTE THERE IS ESPECIALLY
LOUD ROAR IN THE CROWD WHEN IT 
WAS FLASHED UP ON THE SCREEN 
THAT THE N.D.P. CANDIDATE FOR 
EDMONTON MEADOWS, HE HAS BEEN 
ELECTED IN THAT SEAT, DEFEATING 
JASON KENNEY'S HAND-PICKED 
CANDIDATE TO RUN IN THAT RIDING.
THE EDMONTON RIDING.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE N.D.P. WILL
RETURN MLA TO THE LEGISLATURE 
FROM THAT RIDING.
I KNOW MR. KENNEY WENT THERE A 
FEW TIMES.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE FINAL 
NUMBERS, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE 
N.D.P. HAS WON THAT SEAT.
SO THE CROWD HERE IS WAITING TO 
HEAR FROM RACHEL NOTLEY.
AND THEY'RE CELEBRATING WHAT 
THEY CAN.
I THINK THEY KNEW COMING INTO 
TONIGHT THAT THE ODDS WERE 
CLEARLY NOT IN THEIR FAVOUR TO 
RETURN TO GOVERNMENT.
>> Rob: THANK YOU.
WE'LL AWAIT THE PREMIER'S 
ARRIVAL THERE.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE 
WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY IN TERMS OF 
HER COMMITMENT TO LEADING THE 
OFFICIAL OPPOSITION.
WE CAN CONFIRM THAT STEPHEN 
MANDEL IN EDMONTON-McCLUNG HAS 
BEEN DEFEATED.
>> I WANT TO CONGRATULATE JASON 
KENNEY IN HIS ELECTION AND WISH 
HIM WELL.
AND HOPE THAT HE GOVERNS 
ACCORDINGLY AS A GOVERNMENT OF 
EVERYONE IN THE PROVINCE, AND 
MAKES SURE THAT HE PAYS 
ATTENTION TO THE NEEDS OF 
EVERYBODY.
I WISH HIM THE BEST OF LOCK.
TO MS. NOTLEY, WE WISH HER WELL,
TOO, SHE PUT UP A GOOD FIGHT.
ALBERTA WILL CHANGE AS WE MOVE 
FORWARD AND WE'LL SEE WHAT 
HAPPENS.
OUR PARTY, WE HAVE TO BE PROUD.
WE WENT FROM JUST OVER 2%, YES?
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
TO OVER 10% IN THE POLLS AND 
STILL CLIMBING.
AND IN A VERY POLARIZED 
SITUATION IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR 
US TO PLACE OUR MAP ON THE 
GROUND OF SHOWING PEOPLE THAT 
DIFFERENT IDEAS.
PEOPLE FIXED THEIR WAYS OF 
POLARIZATION RIGHT AND LEFT AND 
IT MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR US.
BUT WE HAD THE MOST AMAZING 
CANDIDATES.
WE HAVE THE MOST AMAZING 
CANDIDATES.
THEY'RE BRIGHT, DYNAMIC, 
WONDERFUL.
THEY'RE AN INCREDIBLE GROUP OF 
PEOPLE I WAS SO PROUD TO WORK 
WITH.
I THINK THE WORST THING IS 
ALBERTANS ARE NOW NOT GOING TO 
HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING 
SOME OF YOU IN THE LEGISLATURE, 
BECAUSE ALL OF YOU ARE SO 
INCREDIBLY BRIGHT AND AS MUCH A 
GREAT CONTRIBUTOR TO WHAT THIS 
PROVINCE COULD BE IN THE FUTURE.
WE'RE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE 
FUTURE OF OUR PARTY.
WE GREW BY FIVE-FOLD IN THE PAST
ELECTION.
AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK HARD.
WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM LED BY 
RHIANA HOYLE.
SHE'S A MARVELOUS PRESIDENT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM AND WHO 
WORKED FOR THE ALBERTA PARTY 
MUST HOLD THEIR HEAD HIGH.
THAT WE PUT FORWARD IDEAS, A 
VISION, WE DID THIS IN AN 
HONOURABLE WAY.
WE DID THESE THINGS WITHOUT 
TRYING TO BERATE OTHER PEOPLE 
AND TRYING TO PUT A POSITIVE 
CAMPAIGN FORWARD.
WE THINK WE DID.
I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY, VERY 
MUCH.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING 
WITH YOU.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE 
NEXT STEPS, WHAT IS GOING TO 
HAPPEN TO THE PARTY.
THIS IS THE PARTY OF THE FUTURE 
IN THIS PROVINCE.
WHEN PEOPLE GET AWAY FROM THIS 
POLARIZATION AND LOOK AT WHAT A 
PARTY CAN DO, WHAT OUR PROVINCE 
CAN BE, HOPEFULLY THEY'LL SEE 
THAT THE ALBERTA PARTY IS THE 
ANSWER.
AND SO IN FOUR YEARS, IN 2023, 
I'M SURE WE'LL FEEL ANOTHER 
FIELD OF 87 CANDIDATES, 
HOPEFULLY MANY OF THE SAME ONES 
THAT ARE HERE TODAY, WILL DECIDE
TO PUT THEIR NAME FORWARD.
BECAUSE YOU'RE INCREDIBLY 
BRIGHT, DYNAMIC, CREATIVE AND A 
WONDERFUL GROUP OF PEOPLE.
IMINCREDIBLY PROUD TO RUN 
ALONGSIDE OF YOU.
THIS IS A FASCINATING PROCESS.
BESIDE ME HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY 
WONDERFUL WIFE LYNN -- 
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
>> Rob: STEPHEN MANDEL GIVING 
HIS CONCESSION SPEECH IN 
EDMONTON.
HE HAS GONE DOWN TO DEFEAT IN 
THE CONTESTED RIDING OF 
EDMONTON-McCLUNG, WITH LORNE 
DACH HAS BEEN RETURNED TO THE 
LEGISLATURE.
MR. MANDEL NOT TOUCHING ON THE 
FUTURE.
BUT WE JUST AIRED -- HIS AGE, 
HIS EXPERIENCE, YOU HAVE TO 
WONDER IF IT'S THE LAST TIME 
WE'LL SEE THE PROMINENT BOW TIE 
AND MR. MANDEL IN A FORMAL 
POLITICAL ROLE.
WE ALSO HEARD A CONCESSION 
SPEECH A LITTLE EARLIER AS KIM 
TRYNACITY WAS TALKING ABOUT THE 
RIDING OF CALGARY-MOUNTAIN VIEW,
THE LEADER OF THE LIBERAL PARTY 
WILL NOT SECURE THAT SEAT.
IT'S BEEN HELD BY DAVID SWANN 
FOR SOME TIME.
WE HAVE TWO OF THE MINOR PARTY 
LEADERS GIVING THEIR CONCESSION 
SPEECH.
WE'RE WAITING FOR RACHEL NOTLEY 
TO ARRIVE AT THE EDMONTON 
CONVENTION CENTRE ANY MINUTE.
AND WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE AS SOON
AS WE HEAR OF HER ARRIVAL AND 
WE'LL BE KEEN TO HEAR FROM WHAT 
WE UNDERSTAND RACHEL NOTLEY IS 
ADAMANT SHE'LL BE RETURNING.
WE HAVE HEARD IN INDICATION FROM
HER CAMP SHE WILL BE RESIGNING 
TONIGHT, SHE'S COMMITTED TO THE 
PARTY AND COMMITTED TO LEADING 
IT.
BUT WHILE WE WRAP UP THE 
COMMENTS FROM STEPHEN MANDEL, 
ARE YOU SURPRISED HE DIDN'T 
RESIGN RIGHT THEN AND THERE?
>> Janet: I'M NOT.
HE DIDN'T HAVE A SEAT.
YOU HAVE TO GOAL TO REBUILD THE 
PARTY.
THIS STOPS BEING A POLITICAL 
PARTY AND IT STARTS BEING MAYBE 
A BRANDING EXERCISE AND A LITTLE
BIT OF A MOVEMENT.
BUT THERE IS NO PLACE FOR 
CENTRIST VOTERS IN THE PROVINCE.
AND I THINK PEOPLE ACROSS CANADA
ARE GOING TO LOOK AND SAY, 
ALBERTA, THEY'RE CRAZY AND 
CONSERVATIVE OUT THERE AS WE 
THOUGHT THEY WERE, BUT THIS 
DOESN'T REFLECT THE FACT THIS IS
A SOCIALLY PROGRESSIVE PLACE.
WE ARE A PROVINCE THAT VOTED 
ACCORDING TO OUR ECONOMIC 
INTERESTS THIS TIME, BUT THERE 
IS NOBODY OUT THERE REPRESENTING
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE 
ALBERTANS IN THE MIDDLE.
CAN THE LIBERAL PARTY KEEP THAT 
ALIVE?
>> Rob: TO BE CONTINUED.
IN THE MEANTIME, AS WE AWAIT 
ARRIVAL OF THE N.D.P. LEADER, 
WE'LL TURN THINGS OVER TO NANCY.
>> Nancy: WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A 
LOOK AT WHERE THE N.D.P. HAS 
GAINED GROUND.
WE'RE LOOKING AT EDMONTON 
MEADOWS.
THE U.C.P. WAS HOPEFUL THEY 
WOULD TAKE OVER.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT LEN RHODES.
THERE WERE THREE OTHER PEOPLE, 
JASON KENNEY CHOSE LEN RHODES.
HE'S THE FORMER C.E.O. OF THE 
EDMONTON ESKIMOS.
HERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT BRYAN 
MASON'S FORMER RIDING.
AGAIN, THE U.C.P. LOOKING TO 
TAKE THIS FROM THE N.D.P.
IT DID NOT HAPPEN TONIGHT.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE N.D.P. 
ELECTED IN EDMONTON HIGHLANDS 
NOR WOOD.
IF WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER 24 ON 
THE BOTTOM, THERE ARE KEY 
RIDINGS THAT THE N.D.P. IS 
DEFINITELY PROUD TO BE HOLDING 
ONTO TONIGHT.
>> Rob: EDMONTON-STRATHCONA 
CHIEF AMONG THEM TO BE SURE.
OF COURSE THE RIDING OF RACHEL 
NOTLEY.
AS WE CONTINUE TO AWAIT HER 
ARRIVAL AT N.D.P. HEADQUARTERS.
GRAHAM THOMPSON, LET'S TALK 
ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE EXPECTING TO 
HEAR FROM THE LEADER OF THE 
N.D.P. WHEN SHE GETS TO THE 
PODIUM?
>> I IMAGINE SHE'LL BE STAYING 
ON AS LEADER.
AND LOOK BACK TO JIM PRENTICE, 
2015, WHEN THEY GOT 10 SEATS, 
THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVES 
LOST TO THE N.D.P. AND JIM 
PRENTICE SAID I'M QUITTING.
THAT DOES NOT LOOK GOOD, IT 
CAUSES MAJOR PROBLEMS FOR THE 
PARTY.
IT WAS A SHOCK AND MADE THINGS 
WORSE FOR THE P.C.s.
TONIGHT I'M EXPECTING HER TO 
STAY ON.
THE QUESTION IS GOING TO BE THE 
CONCESSION, LIKE HOW MUCH IS SHE
GOING TO SAY, LET'S ALL PULL 
TOGETHER AND SUPPORT THIS 
GOVERNMENT?
BECAUSE IT'S A NASTY CAMPAIGN 
AND THE N.D.P. HAS MUCH 
DIFFERENT VALUES THAN THE U.C.P.
YOU HAVE THE U.C.P. AND JASON 
KENNEY PROMISING TO BLOW UP THE 
N.D.P.'S LEGACY.
THIS IS NOT, AS I SAID BEFORE, A
FIGHT THAT IS ACTUALLY OVER.
YES, THE N.D.P. LOST THE 
ELECTION, BUT THE FIGHT WILL 
CONTINUE FOR THEM.
AND THE QUESTION TONIGHT IS 
GOING TO BE WHAT KIND OF SPEECH 
WILL NOTLEY GIVE?
WILL IT BE COMBATIVE OR A BIT 
MORE TIPPING THE HAT TO KENNEY 
NOW AND MORE TOMORROW?
>> Rob: IT WILL HAVE A LOT OF 
GRACE NOTES.
AS WE AWAIT RACHEL NOTLEY'S 
ARRIVAL AT THE EDMONTON 
CONVENTION CENTRE, SHE HAS GIVEN
THE PARTY SOMETHING TO BUILD 
AROUND HERE.
WE DO HAVE NOW A TWO-PARTY 
COMPOSITION IN THE LEGISLATURE.
SO LOOKING OUT TO THE NEXT 
ELECTION CYCLE, IF YOU DARE GO 
THERE, COULD SHE MAKE THAT PARTY
COMPETITIVE AGAIN?
>> Najib: WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF 
CHANGES OVER THE POLITICS, BUT 
LET'S REMEMBER THAT ONCE 
ALBERTANS KICK OUT A GOVERNING 
PARTY, THEY NEVER BROUGHT THEM 
BACK.
NOT THE BRAND THEY KICKED OUT.
SO IT'S A PROBLEM FOR THE 
N.D.P., BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE 
THEY CAN SWITCH NAMES.
>> THEY COULD.
>> Najib: YEAH, I GUESS THEY 
COULD.
BUT I CAN'T SEE THAT HAPPENING.
BUT WEIRDER THINGS HAVE 
HAPPENED, BUT THE THING TO THINK
ABOUT, IS THERE A WAY, A PATH 
FORWARD, A PATH TO SUCCESS IN 
2023 WHERE THE N.D.P. GETS BACK 
IN POWER?
>> Rob: AND IS THERE ANY 
SCENARIO THEY CAN DO THAT 
WITHOUT RACHEL NOTLEY AT THE 
HELM?
>> Janet: NO THE IN THE 
SHORT-TERM, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE 
RACHEL NOTLEY WILL STICK AROUND.
SHE'S VERY COMMITTED TO THE 
PARTY AND THE N.D.P. MOVEMENT.
I THINK SHE'LL SEE IT AS HER JOB
TO START GROOMING THE NEXT 
GENERATION.
IN MUCH THE SAME WAY THAT BRYAN 
MASON DID IN GETTING RACHEL 
NOTLEY READY FOR THE JOB.
>> Rob: IN TERMS OF BUILDING A 
CHOICE FOR ALBERTANS, YES, NO 
PARTY THAT HAS LOST HAS BEEN 
RE-ELECTED.
DO YOU THINK WE'RE IN 
UNCHARTERED TERRITORY, OR IS 
THIS A U.C.P. DYNASTY?
>> WE'LL KNOW IN FOUR YEARS.
>> Rob: THAT'S THE THING.
THIS PROVINCE DOES WEIRD THINGS.
THEY'LL STICK WITH ONE PARTY FOR
44 YEARS AND THEN BRING SOMEBODY
ELSE IN.
THIS MAY BE THE N.D.P. 
EXPERIMENT FAILED OR ARE THEY 
HAVING A CHANCE NOW TO REBUILD A
PARTY AND MOVE ON?
BUT GOING BACK TO RACHEL NOTLEY,
SHE IS KEY TO THIS.
AND NOTLEY GOT THEM THE VICTORY 
IN 2015.
THEY NEED HER TO STAY ON AND 
LEAD THIS PARTY.
I AND I THINK WITHOUT HER, 
THEY'D BE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE.
>> Rob: ANOTHER QUESTION FOR 
YOU.
THIS IS COMING FROM A 
14-YEAR-OLD.
JAY WHO IS JOINING THE 
CONVERSATION ON Facebook.
JADE, THANK YOU.
HOW ARE SOME SEATS CONSIDERED 
ELECT WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE HUGE 
MARGINS AND A SMALL PORTION OF 
THE POLLS HAVE BEEN REPORTED?
GRAHAM, IF YOU CHOOSE, YOU CAN 
DEFER TO THE --
>> I'M DEFERRING TO THE EXPERT.
>> THIS IS MY AREA.
WE KNOW THE WAY THESE THINGS GO.
THERE ARE PATTERNS HERE.
AND THE GUYS IN THE BACK, THEY 
HAVE ALL THE FORMULAS DOWN.
AND THEY KNOW THE MARGIN OF 
ERROR BETWEEN THE VARIOUS POLLS,
SO IT'S A MATHEMATICS 
CALCULATION.
THEY MAY HAVE TO CHANGE SOME OF 
THEM IN THE END, BUT THEY HAVE A
GOOD TRACK RECORD OF KNOWING 
WHEN THE MATH SUGGESTS THIS 
WON'T CHANGE.
>> Rob: AS YOU SAY WHERE THE 
TREND LINES ARE GOING, IT'S 
COMPLICATED, JADE.
>> LET ME TELL YOU, IT'S 
HEARTBREAKING WHEN YOU'RE 
SITTING IN THE CAMPAIGN OFFICES 
AND THEY CALL IT FOR THE OTHER 
GUY AND ONLY A FEW POLLS HAVE 
COME IN.
I'M WITH YOU, MAN, IT'S TOUGH, 
IT'S HARD.
>> Rob: I THINK JADE HIT THE 
NAIL ON THE HEAD.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ASKING THE 
QUESTION TONIGHT.
WE'LL TAKE YOU DOWN TO THE 
EDMONTON CONVENTION CENTRE AS 
SOON AS SHE ARRIVES AND HER 
CONCESSION SPEECH TO FOLLOW.
EXPECT A HOARSE VOICE, SHE'S 
LOST IT AFTER A LONG CAMPAIGN.
FULL OF A LOT OF RHETORIC.
NANCY, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO 
BRING US UP TO SPEED ON?
>> Nancy: I LIKE THAT YOU THROW 
QUESTIONS AT ME, THAT I MAY NOT 
HAVE THE ANSWER TO.
WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT WHERE THE
U.C.P. HAS MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT
GROUND.
THIS IS A KEY RIDING THAT WE 
HAVE BEEN WATCHING, 
CONTROVERSIAL FOR A NUMBER OF 
REASONS.
LEELA AHEER WAS HAND PICKED BY 
JASON KENNEY TO BE THE U.C.P. 
CANDIDATE IN THE RIDING.
THE OTHER NAME, DEREK DEREK 
FILDEBRANDT, THE LEADER OF THE 
FREEDOM CONSERVATIVE PARTY.
AGAIN NOT THE RESULTS THAT HE 
WANTED TO SEE.
BUT AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE 
U.C.P. TAKING CHESTERMERE 
STRATHMORE.
CYPRESS-MEDICINE HAT, YOU'RE 
LOOKING AT THE U.C.P. TAKING 
THIS ONE AGAIN.
THIS IS WHERE THE U.C.P. IS 
MAKING INROADS, HOLDING ON IN 
THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA.
AIRDRIE EAST WE HAVE THAT ONE AS
WELL.
AND WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT 
CALGARY, FISH CREEK.
THIS IS IN SOUTHERN CALGARY AND 
WE'RE LOOKING ACROSS THE 
PROVINCE AS TO WHERE THE U.C.P. 
HAS MADE INROADS.
KEEPING THEIR GROUND HERE IN 
ALBERTA.
>> Rob: A LOT OF NOTABLE NAMES 
ON THAT.
DEREK FILDEBRANDT, CHIEF AMONG 
THEM FOR POLITICAL WATCHERS.
THE EXPECTATION IS HE MAY POP UP
IN THE FALL FEDERAL CAMPAIGN 
RUNNING FOR MAXIME BERNIER'S 
PARTY.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN AND 
IF IT HAPPENS.
THE BIG STORY, AS WE'RE AWAITING
THE ARRIVAL OF RACHEL NOTLEY.
SHE COULD BE COMING THROUGH THAT
ENTRY WAY ANY MINUTE NOW.
AS YOU CAN SEE, SHE IS BEING 
WALKED INTO THE ROOM AT THE 
EDMONTON CONFERENCE CENTRE, WITH
HER CHILDREN, HER HUSBAND, 
HOLDING HANDS.
54-YEAR-OLD RACHEL NOTLEY, THE 
LEADER OF THE N.D.P., THE ONLY 
LEADER OF A PARTY IN THE HISTORY
OF THIS PROVINCE TO WIN A 
MAJORITY GOVERNMENT AND THEN NOT
WIN CONSECUTIVE GOVERNMENT 
MANDATE AFTER THAT.
GUESS WHAT TOMORROW IS FOR 
RACHEL NOTLEY?
IT'S HER BIRTHDAY.
SHE'S TURNING 55 TOMORROW.
KIM TRYNACITY IS DOWN IN THE 
CROWD AT THE CONFERENCE CENTRE.
KIM, SEEMS LIKE THE PREMIER IS 
BEING WARMLY WELCOMED THERE.
>> Reporter: THERE IS A LOT OF 
LOVE FOR RACHEL NOTLEY.
THEY'RE NOT BLAMING HER FOR THIS
LOSS, THAT'S FOR SURE.
SHE GOT THEM INTO GOVERNMENT.
THEY'RE GIVING HER A LOT OF 
LOVE, WARM APPLAUSE.
THE DEFEAT WILL NOT REST ON THE 
SHOULDERS OF RACHEL NOTLEY.
IF ANYTHING, SHE'S SAVOURING THE
MOMENT.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
YOU ARE ONCE AGAIN A PHENOMENAL 
CROWD AND IT IS SUCH AN HONOUR 
TO BE HERE WITH ALL OF YOU 
TONIGHT ON THE TRADITIONAL 
TERRITORY OF TREATY 6, WHERE THE
METIS PEOPLE SHARE A VERY DEEP 
CONNECTION WITH THE LAND.
MY FRIENDS, I HAVE TO SAY, IT'S 
ON NIGHTS LIKE TONIGHT THAT I AM
VERY GLAD THAT WE EXPANDED 
ALBERTA'S CRAFT BEER INDUSTRY.
[LAUGHTER] SO, YES, TONIGHT'S 
RESULT IS NOT THE ONE THAT WE 
HOPED FOR.
OR WORKED SO HARD FOR.
[CHEERING]
BUT YOU KNOW, AS I LOOK OUT AT 
ALL OF YOU, I AM FILLED WITH AN 
ENORMOUS SENSE OF GRATITUDE AND 
PRIDE.
GRATITUDE -- 
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[CHANTING RACHEL]
>> I HAVE GRATITUDE FOR MY TEAM.
A MORE DEDICATED GROUP OF PUBLIC
SERVANTS YOU WILL NEVER FIND.
AND TO ALL OF THEM, PARTICULARLY
THOSE WHO ARE NOT RETURNING TO 
THE LEGISLATURE, YOU HAVE MY 
ETERNAL THANKS.
[APPLAUSE]
AND I WANT TO SAY -- I WANT TO 
OFFER MY THANKS FROM THE BOTTOM 
OF MY HEART TO THE THOUSANDS OF 
OVER CAFFEINATED, UNDER SHOWERED
AND OVERWORKED VOLUNTEERS AND 
STAFF WHO DID US SO PROUD!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
MY FRIENDS, FOUR YEARS AGO, 
ALBERTANS HIRED US TO DO A VERY 
BIG JOB AT A VERY DIFFICULT 
TIME.
AND WE DID THAT JOB WITH 
PURPOSE.
AND WE DID IT WITH INTEGRITY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND TODAY, ALBERTA IS A BETTER 
PLACE BECAUSE OF IT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I AM ENORMOUSLY PROUD OF OUR 
RECORD AND YOU ALL SHOULD BE, 
TOO.
AND LET ME BEGIN BY SAYING TO 
EVERY GIRL AND EVERY YOUNG WOMAN
WATCHING TONIGHT, I BELIEVE IN 
YOU AND NEVER STOP BELIEVING IN 
YOURSELF.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I HOPE THAT WE HAVE SHOWN YOU 
THAT IN YOUR LIFE ANYTHING IS 
POSSIBLE.
[APPLAUSE]
AND YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, 
SOMETIMES IT CAN FEEL LIKE YOU 
TAKE TWO STEPS FORWARD AND THEN 
ONE STEP BACK, BUT MAY YOU 
NEVER, EVER STOP TAKING THOSE 
STEPS FORWARD.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE 
WORKING FOR MORE PROGRESSIVE 
ALBERTA, THIS MAY FEEL LIKE A 
STEP BACK, BUT REMEMBER, WE HAVE
MADE TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS 
PROGRESS.
CHRZ  AS I SAID, ALBERTANS 
TURNED TO US AT A VERY 
CHALLENGING TIME.
THE OIL PRICE COLLAPSE HIT US 
HARD, EXPOSING DEEP 
VULNERABILITIES IN OUR ECONOMY 
AND THROUGH PATIENCE AND 
DETERMINED ACTION, WE BEGAN THE 
HARD WORK OF LASTING CHANGE.
TODAY IN ALBERTA, WE ARE ACTING 
LIKE THE OWNERS OF OUR RESOURCES
AGAIN, UPGRADING MORE OF THE 
RESOURCES WE OWN -- 
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
-- EXPOSING DEEP -- 
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I SAID IT BEFORE, AND I'LL SAY 
IT AGAIN, WE ARE CLOSER THAN 
EVER TO BUILDING PIPELINE TO 
TIDEWATER AND GETTING THOSE 
RESOURCES TO NEW MARKETS.
BUT MORE THAN THAT, MY FRIENDS, 
WE'RE PREPARING FOR THE ECONOMY 
THAT IS COMING.
EXPANDING RENEWABLES AND 
INVESTING IN IDEAS AND 
INNOVATION.
AND TODAY, IN ALBERTA, THE 
LOWEST PAID AMONG US MAKE A 
BETTER LIVING.
THE BEST IN CANADA!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
BECAUSE WE RAISED MINIMUM WAGE, 
BECAUSE WE BELIEVE ALL HAVE 
DIGNITY AND ALL WORK SHOULD BE 
REWARDED.
[CHANTING RACHEL] TODAY IN 
ALBERTA, OUR KIDS ARE BREATHING 
CLEANER AIR BECAUSE WE ARE 
LEADERS COMBATING CLIMATE 
CHANGE.
AND LET ME SAY, AS ONE OF THE 
WORLD'S GREAT ENERGY LEADERS, WE
MUST REMAIN LEADERS ON COMBATING
CLIMATE CHANGE.
BECAUSE WE OWE THAT TO OUR 
CHILDREN.
AND SPEAKING OF OUR CHILDREN, 
TODAY IN ALBERTA, THOSE SAME 
KIDS ARE LEARNING IN GOOD 
SCHOOLS AND OUR LOVED ONES ARE 
GETTING GOOD HEALTH CARE.
PUBLIC HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC 
EDUCATION ARE THE GREAT 
EQUALISERS IN OUR SOCIETY.
WE DEFENDED THEM IN GOVERNMENT 
AND LET ME BE VERY CLEAR, WE 
WILL DEFEND THEM ALWAYS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
MY FRIENDS, THIS IS VERY 
IMPORTANT TO ME.
TODAY THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN 
LIVING IN POVERTY IS HALF OF 
WHAT IT WAS WHEN WE WERE 
ELECTED.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THAT IS 44,000 MORE KIDS WHO GO 
TO SCHOOL WITH A FULL STOMACH 
AND CLOTHES TO KEEP WARM IN THE 
WINTER.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND LET ME SAY NO MATTER WHAT 
OUR ROLE IS IN THE LEGISLATURE 
GOING FORWARD, WE WILL NOT REST 
UNTIL EVERY CHILD IN ALBERTA IS 
PULLED OUT OF POVERTY.
AND MY FRIENDS, TODAY IN 
ALBERTA, IT DOESN'T MATTER AND 
IT NEVER SHOULD MATTER WHERE 
YOU'RE FROM, TO WHOM YOU PRAY, 
OR WHO YOU LOVE.
TO EVERY -- 
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
TO EVERY ALBERTANS OUT THERE WHO
IDENTIFIED AS LGBTQ2SA +, KNOW 
YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE A CHAMPION 
IN ME AND IN THE ALBERTA N.D.P. 
AND THE ALBERTA N.D.P. 
OPPOSITION.
[CHANTING RACHEL] AND TO EVERY 
PERSON WHO HAS WORKED WITH US TO
STAND AGAINST BIGOTRY, KNOW THAT
IN ALBERTA, THERE IS NO PLACE 
FOR RACISM.
THERE NEVER WILL BE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND WE WILL NEVER SHY AWAY FROM 
CALLING IT OUT, BECAUSE WE KNOW,
WE ARE ALL ALBERTANS, FELLOW 
CITIZENS ON A COMMON JOURNEY.
FOR ME, OVER THESE LAST FOUR 
YEARS, THIS HAS ACTUALLY BEEN 
THE ANIMATING FORCE OF OUR 
GOVERNMENT.
ALL OF US ARE IN THIS TOGETHER.
ONE PROVINCE WITH ONE FUTURE AND
I AM SO PROUD -- I AM SO PROUD 
THAT IS OUR LEGACY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND SO IN ALBERTA, I'M ALSO 
PROUD, I'M PROUD THAT WORKERS 
WILL BE SAFER ON THE JOB.
AND NEVER AGAIN WILL YOU BE 
FIRED IF YOU TAKE TIME FROM WORK
TO CARE FOR A SICK CHILD.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US
WILL LIVE BETTER LIVES BECAUSE 
WE RAISED AND LEGALLY TIED THEM 
TO INFLATION.
AND EVERY DAY TENS OF THOUSANDS 
MORE KIDS WILL GET A HEALTHY 
MEAL AT SCHOOL.
AND MY FRIENDS, I BELIEVE WE 
HAVE SET A MUCH HIGHER STANDARD 
FOR ETHICS AND HONESTY IN 
GOVERNMENT.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
BUT NOW, NOW I MUST SAY, AS 
PROUD AS I AM OF OUR RECORD, THE
FACT IS THE PEOPLE OF ALBERTA 
HAVE SPOKEN.
DEMOCRACY IS OUR ABSOLUTE 
HIGHEST VALUE.
AND I ACCEPT THEIR DECISION.
NOW I'VE JUST SPOKEN TO 
PREMIER-ELECT JASON KENNEY AND 
I'VE OFFERED HIM MY SINCERE 
CONGRATULATIONS.
AND I ASSURED HIM WE WILL DO 
EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO ENSURE
THE TRANSITION TO A NEW 
GOVERNMENT IS SMOOTH AND 
PRODUCTIVE.
AND I WISH HIM AND HIS 
GOVERNMENT WELL.
WE ALL DO.
WE MUST.
BECAUSE WE ALL LOVE ALBERTA.
I ALSO CONGRATULATE STEPHEN 
MANDEL, DAVID KHAN AND DEREK 
FILDEBRANDT ON GOOD, THOUGHTFUL 
CAMPAIGNS.
YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PUBLIC 
LIFE IN ALBERTA ARE DEEPLY 
VALUED BY ALL ALBERTANS.
NOW, MY FRIENDS, ALBERTANS HAVE 
HIRED US TO LEAD A CONSTRUCTIVE 
AND EFFECTIVE OPPOSITION.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[CHANTING RACHEL] AS LEADER OF 
THE OPPOSITION, I WILL DO THE 
JOB TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY 
AND WITH THE UTMOST INTEGRITY.
I WILL DEFEND THE VALUES WE 
CARRIED FORWARD IN GOVERNMENT 
AND THE DECISIONS THOSE VALUES 
DROVE.
AND I WILL MAKE SURE THAT OUR 
VISION OF ALBERTA ENDURES.
THROUGH A RIGOROUS AND ROBUST 
OPPOSITION HOLDING GOVERNMENT TO
ACCOUNT, AND MAKING SURE THAT 
VOICES OF ALL ALBERTANS ARE 
HEARD IN THEIR LEGISLATURE.
FOR MY FRIENDS, FOR MY FRIENDS, 
OUR CAUSE ENDURES IN THE LIFE OF
THIS PROVINCE.
IT HAS FOR MANY GENERATIONS.
AND I AM, AGAIN, ENORMOUSLY 
GRATEFUL TO THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE
OF EDMONTON-STRATHCONA FOR THEIR
RENEWED VOTE AS CONFIDENCE.
I LOVE YOU, EDMONTON-STRATHCONA.
AND, OF COURSE, I'D LIKE TO 
OFFER THE GREATEST OF LOVE AND 
SPECIAL MENTION TO THREE VERY 
SPECIAL RESIDENTS OF 
EDMONTON-STRATHCONA.
LOU, SOPHIE AND ETHAN, YOU ARE 
THE LOVE OF MY LIFE.
I WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT YOU 
TODAY.
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.
FRIENDS, FOR HUNDREDS OF 
THOUSANDS OF ALBERTANS WHO VOTED
FOR US TODAY, THE PATH WE CHOSE 
WAS RIGHT FOR THE PROVINCE.
IT REFLECTED THE PROVINCE WE 
HAVE BECOME.
YOUNG, INCREDIBLY DIVERSE, 
OUTWARD LOOKING, CONFIDENT.
A PROVINCE OF ENORMOUS 
ENTREPRENEURIAL ENERGY JOINED 
WITH THE CONVICTION WE CAN 
ACHIEVE MORE WORKING TOGETHER 
THAN ALONE.
BECAUSE, FRIENDS, IF ONE THING 
IS TRUE, IT IS THIS.
WE HAVE FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGED 
THE POLITICS OF THIS PROVINCE 
FOREVER.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
I WAS 7 YEARS OLD WHEN MY DAD 
WAS FIRST ELECTED TO THE 
LEGISLATURE OF THIS PROVINCE.
AND THAT WAS THE SAME YEAR THAT 
THE CONSERVATIVES FIRST TOOK 
POWER.
I WAS 51 WHEN WE ENDED THE ERA 
OF ONE-PARTY RULE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
TODAY POLITICS IN ALBERTA HAS 
CHANGED FOREVER.
GOVERNING IN ALBERTA SHOULD 
NEVER AGAIN BE A DIVINE RIGHT, 
BUT ALWAYS, ALWAYS AN EARNED 
PRIVILEGE.
BECAUSE IN OUR DEMOCRACY, POWER 
MUST COME WITH THE HIGH 
EXPECTATIONS OF THOSE WE SERVE 
AND PROFOUND OBLIGATION TO 
PUBLIC SERVICE.
OBLIGATIONS THAT WE ALL MUST 
WORK EVERY DAY TO LIVE UP TO.
ALBERTA, LET ME SAY, IT HAS BEEN
AN INCREDIBLE HONOUR TO SERVE AS
YOUR PREMIER.
AND IT WILL BE AN HONOUR TO 
SERVE AS THE LEADER OF HER 
MAJESTY'S LOYAL OPPOSITION.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[CHANTING RACHEL] AS I CLOSE 
TONIGHT, I DRAW ON ENSEPARATION 
OF -- INSPIRATION OF THOSE WHO 
CAME BEFORE AND CHARTERED THE 
PATH WE HAVE TRAVELLED AND WILL 
CONTINUE TO TRAVEL.
COURAGE, MY FRIENDS, IT'S NOT 
TOO LATE TO BUILD A BETTER 
WORLD.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, ALL, ALBERTA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU, ALL.
THANK YOU.
>> Rob: THERE YOU HAVE IT.
CONFIRMATION FROM THE OUTGOING 
PREMIER OF ALBERTA, THAT SHE 
WILL ACCEPT HER POSITION AS THE 
INCOMING LEADER OF THE OFFICIAL 
OPPOSITION.
SAYING THAT OPPOSITION WILL BE 
CONSTRUCTED, CONSTRUCTIVE AND 
EFFECTIVE.
SAYING THIS MAY FEEL LIKE A STEP
BACK, WE HAVE MADE TREMENDOUS 
PROGRESS, SAYING POLITICS IN 
ALBERTA HAS CHANGED FOREVER.
IT'S QUITE A SPEECH, FULL OF 
ENERGY.
FELT AT TIMES MORE LIKE A STUMP 
SPEECH, GOING OVER HER HISTORY 
IN GOVERNMENT, THE ACHIEVEMENTS 
OF THE LAST FOUR YEARS, THAT THE
N.D.P. HAS ACCOMPLISHED.
NOT ONLY THROUGH LEGISLATION, BY
TAKING THE PROVINCE IN A NEW 
DIRECTION, ESSENTIALLY SAYING IT
DOESN'T HAVE TO BE WHAT YOU GREW
UP WITH.
TALKING ABOUT THE REALITY SHE 
WAS BORN INTO.
7 YEARS OLD, THE FIRST TIME THE 
PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVES CAME 
TO POWER, 51, TOOK THAT LONG 
BEFORE THERE WAS A CHANGE IN 
THAT.
NOTLEY, HER FATHER WHO WAS THE 
LEADER OF THE N.D.P. FOR A 
STRETCH AND AN EFFECTIVE LEADER 
OF THE OPPOSITION, OF A SMALLER 
OPPOSITION.
AND RACHEL NOTLEY WILL BE 
FRONTING IN THE LEGISLATURE.
SO I WANT TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE
PANEL AS WE WATCH RACHEL NOTLEY 
AND HER FAMILY EXIT STAGE LEFT.
A LOT OF DETAIL THERE, GRAHAM, 
ABOUT THE RECORD, THE 
ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT YOU 
WOULD HAVE EXPECTED TO HEAR 
DURING THE CAMPAIGN.
DID THAT SURPRISE YOU?
>> I WAS SAYING THIS IS A SPEECH
SHE NEVER GAVE.
THIS IS A SPEECH SHE SHOULD HAVE
GIVEN.
TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY
INHERITED A MESS FROM THE 
CONSERVATIVES AND INTO 
RECESSION.
DEFENDING HER PLATFORM.
I'VE LISTENED TO HER THROUGHOUT 
THE LAST WEEKS, THIS IS THE MOST
SPIRITED IN A SENSE SPEECH SHE'S
GIVEN.
IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE THAT 
SHE'S ACTUALLY GIVING THE SPEECH
IN THE CONTEXT, YES, SHE'S BEING
GRACEFUL, BUT TO A POINT.
>> Rob: ONLY TO A POINT.
>> Graham: SHE'S SAYING I'M 
GOING TO DEFEND OUR VALUES AND 
SHE'LL BE IN THE HOUSE FOR THE 
SUMMER.
I IMAGINE WILL BE BROUGHT BACK.
KENNEY IS PROMISING TO BRING THE
SESSION BACK QUICKLY TO APPEAL 
MANY OF THE THINGS SHE BROUGHT 
IN.
WE'LL EXPECT THE GRACEFUL SPEECH
WILL MORPH INTO A MORE BATTLE 
ATTITUDE TOMORROW.
>> Rob: JASON KENNEY IS EXPECTED
TO ARRIVE IN THE BLUE DODGE RAM.
THERE WILL BE A PROMOTIONAL 
VIDEO OF SORTS.
OF COURSE, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE 
WHEN WE GET WORD OF THAT.
JANET, THROWING DOWN THE 
GAUNTLET.
SEEMED LIKE THAT.
RACHEL NOTLEY WAS SAYING, OKAY, 
WE HAVE OUR RESOLVE, I'M GOING 
TO INHERIT THIS POSITION GIVEN 
THAT THE PEOPLE OF ALBERTA HAVE 
SPOKEN, YES, BEST WISHES TO YOU,
MR. KENNEY, BUT HERE ARE THE 
LINES IN THE SAND.
>> Janet: THIS IS THE STUMP 
SPEECH SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN 
GIVING.
LITTLE FOCUS ON JASON KENNEY.
IF THIS WAS THE SPEECH SHE HAD 
GIVEN IN THE LAST 28 DAYS, THE 
NUMBERS ON THE BOARD MAY NOT 
LOOK THE SAME.
SHE FOCUSED ON JASON KENNEY.
ALL THAT NEGATIVITY FLASHED BACK
ON HER.
AND I THINK THESE RESULTS SHOW 
PEOPLE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT 
CONCERNED ABOUT JASON KENNEY'S 
SOCIAL AGENDA, BUT SHE WASN'T 
ABLE TO BREAK THROUGH.
JASON KENNEY IS AS POPULAR TODAY
AS HE WAS WHEN HE CREATED AND 
FOUNDED THE U.C.P. 18 MONTHS 
AGO.
>> Najib: GENUINE, INSPIRING, 
STRONG, GRACIOUS.
THAT'S THE NOTLEY BRAND WE 
DIDN'T SEE.
HUMOUR.
THAT'S THE NOTLEY BRAND WE 
DIDN'T SEE ENOUGH OF.
I AGREE WITH BOTH OF MY 
PANELISTS.
THAT SPEECH COULD HAVE BEEN 
GIVEN TWICE A DAY MINUS THE 
CONCESSION.
>> Rob: WE'RE HEARING THAT JASON
KENNEY IS ABOUT TO ROLL ON IN 
INTO THE BIG FOUR.
IN A BLUE DODGE RAM.
HE RETURNED TO THE PROVINCE TO 
TRY AND BRING THOSE TWO ASPECTS 
OF THE CONSERVATIVE FAMILY 
TOGETHER, THE PROGRESSIVE 
CONSERVATIVES WHO LOST THAT 
DYNASTY, THE WILDROSE THAT WERE 
FOUNDED IN REACTION TO 
FRUSTRATION WITH THE PROGRESSIVE
CONSERVATIVES.
AND HE HIT THE ROAD IN THAT BLUE
TRUCK.
TO SHOW.
IT WAS A SYMBOL.
I'M LIKE YOU, I'M LIKE THE 
WORKING PEOPLE, I'M GOING TO GET
THE PROVINCE BACK ON TRACK, GET 
JOBS, ECONOMY, PIPELINES BACK ON
TRACK.
PERHAPS NO SURPRISE HE IS 
ROLLING INTO A WARM AND JOYOUS 
WELCOME THERE AT U.C.P. 
HEADQUARTERS IF CALGARY.
AND HE'LL BE TURNING TO TRUCK 
NORTH AND SENDING IT UP THE QEII
TO THE LEGISLATURE WHERE HE WILL
PRESIDE OVER THE FIRST U.C.P. 
MAJORITY GOVERNMENT IN THE 
PROVINCE'S HISTORY.
50-YEAR-OLD JASON KENNEY, HE 
WILL BE ALBERTA'S 18TH PREMIER.
BRYAN LABBY DOWN THERE AT THE 
SCENE.
WOW, THE PREMIER IS BEING MOBBED
RIGHT NOW.
>> Reporter: ABSOLUTELY.
>> Rob: JASON KENNEY UNITED THE 
RIGHT, HE SAID COME TOGETHER 
I'LL END THE ACCIDENTAL 
GOVERNMENT, THE N.D.P. 
EXPERIMENT.
HE WINS A COMMANDING MAJORITY.
62 SEATS.
THE N.D.P. 25.
HE HAS HAD A CONVERSATION WITH 
RACHEL NOTLEY.
WE'VE HEARD FROM HER.
WE'RE ABOUT TO HEAR FROM 
PREMIER-DESIGNATE JASON KENNEY.
>> WOW!
THANK YOU!
THANK YOU, FELLOW ALBERTANS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
WHAT A GREAT DAY FOR THE 
PROVINCE OF ALBERTA.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
FRIENDS, TODAY OUR GREAT 
PROVINCE HAS SENT A MESSAGE TO 
CANADA AND THE WORLD.
ALBERTA IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
FRIENDS, THIS DEMOCRATIC 
DECISION IS A MESSAGE TO ALL OF 
THOSE ALBERTANS WHO ARE 
STRUGGLING, TO THE UNEMPLOYED, 
TO THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN UP, TO 
THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS BARELY
HANGING ON, TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE 
WHO GOT THEIR DEGREES AND 
DIPLOMAS BUT CAN'T FIND WORK.
TO THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR 
HOMES AND HOPE AFTER YEARS OF 
ECONOMIC DECLINE.
AND STAY-CATION.
TO THEM, WE SEND THIS MESSAGE.
HELP IS ON THE WAY AND HOPE IS 
ON THE HORIZON.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
ALBERTANS -- [CHANTING JASON] 
>> ALBERTANS HAVE ELECTED A 
GOVERNMENT WILL BE OBSESSED WITH
GETTING THIS PROVINCE BACK TO 
WORK.
A TEAM, A TEAM THAT WILL DO 
EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER, EVERY 
SINGLE DAY, SO CREATE TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF GOOD JOBS, BY 
RESTORING INVESTOR CONFIDENCE, 
BY UNLEASHING THE JOB REASON 
CREATING POWER OF OUR 
ENTREPRENEURS.
BY TAKING ALBERTA FROM BEING THE
SLOWEST MOVING AND MOST 
OVERREGULATED ECONOMY IN CANADA 
TO BEING YOU ON OF THE FREEST --
ONE OF THE FREEST AND FASTEST 
MOVING ECONOMIES IN THE WORLD.
SO TONIGHT, TONIGHT I SEND AN 
IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO BUSINESSES 
EVERYWHERE.
IF YOU WANT TO BENEFIT FROM WHAT
WILL BE THE LOWEST TAXES IN 
CANADA, IF YOU WANT TO BENEFIT 
FROM A GOVERNMENT WILL CUT ITS 
RED TAPE BURDEN BY ONE-THIRD, IF
YOU WANT TO BENEFIT FROM 
CANADA'S MOST EDUCATED 
POPULATION AND A DEEP CULTURE OF
ENTERPRISE AND INNOVATION, HELP 
US, COME HERE, INVEST HERE, 
CREATE JOBS HERE.
LIVE THE ALBERTA ADVANTAGE HERE.
AND TONIGHT, AND TONIGHT WE SEND
A MESSAGE TO OUR FELLOW 
CANADIANS FROM COAST TO COAST.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
FRIENDS, TO OUR FELLOW 
CANADIANS, WE ALBERTANS ARE 
PROUD CANADIANS AND TONIGHT WE 
HAVE ELECTED A GOVERNMENT THAT 
WILL STAND UP AND SECURE A FAIR 
DEAL FOR ALBERTA IN THIS GREAT 
COUNTRY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THERE IS A DEEP FRUSTRATION IN 
THIS PROVINCE.
A SENSE THAT WE HAVE CONTRIBUTED
MASSIVELY TO THE REST OF CANADA,
BUT THAT EVERYWHERE WE TURN WE 
ARE BEING BLOCKED IN AND PINNED 
DOWN.
ALBERTANS HAVE CONTRIBUTED OVER 
$600 BILLION TO THE REST OF 
CANADA THROUGH FISCAL FEDERALISM
IN RECENT DECADES.
AND UNTIL RECENTLY, WE'VE BEEN A
KEY ENGINE OF CANADA'S 
PROSPERITY, OF GROWING THE 
MIDDLE CLASS, ECONOMIC PROGRESS 
AND SOCIAL MOBILITY.
OUR POPULATION HAS DOUBLED IN 
RECENT DECADES AS WE'VE WELCOMED
NEWCOMERS FROM EVERY CORNER OF 
CANADA.
PEOPLE OFTEN LEFT BEHIND.
THE DESPAIR OF UNEMPLOYMENT, TO 
ENJOY THE DIGNITY OF ALBERTA'S 
WORK AND OPPORTUNITY.
WE ALBERTANS ARE PROUD TO HAVE 
HELPED OUR FELLOW CANADIANS WHEN
TIMES WERE GOOD HERE AND TOUGH 
ELSEWHERE.
BUT NOW ALBERTANS ARE GOING 
THROUGH A TIME OF TRIAL.
WE HAVE THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT
OUTSIDE OF ATLANTIC CANADA.
NEARLY 200,000 ALBERTANS ARE OUT
OF WORK.
THOUSANDS OF BUSINESSES HAVE 
CLOSED THEIR DOORS.
INCOMES ARE DOWN.
BANKRUPTCY ARE UP.
THIS IS IN PART BECAUSE WE 
CANNOT GET OUR ENERGY TO GLOBAL 
MARKETS AS A FAIR PRICE.
SO WE CANADIANS, WE CANADIANS 
HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH THE 
WORLD'S THIRD LARGEST OIL 
RESERVES AND AN ABUNDANCE OF 
NATURAL GAS.
BUT WE HAVE BEEN TARGETED.
WE HAVE BEEN TARGETED BY A 
FOREIGN FUNDED CAMPAIGN OF 
SPECIAL INTERESTS SEEKING TO 
LAND LOCK CANADIAN ENERGY.
THIS MEANS THAT WE CANADIANS 
HAVE BECOME CAPTIVE TO THE 
UNITED STATES AS THE ONLY MARKET
FOR CANADA'S LARGEST EXPORT 
PRODUCT, OUR ENERGY.
AS A RESULT, WE'VE BEEN SELLING 
OUR COUNTRY'S GREATEST ASSET AT 
FIRE SALE PRICES, LOSING 
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF VALUE 
THAT BELONGS TO US.
THAT MEANS WE'VE LOST MONEY THAT
COULD HAVE BUILT SCHOOLS AND 
HOSPITALS ACROSS CANADA.
THIS GIVEAWAY OF OUR ENERGY HAS 
CAUSED THE FLIGHT OF TENS OF 
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF 
INVESTMENT IN ALBERTA AND WITH 
IT THE LOSS OF TENS OF THOUSANDS
OF JOBS.
WE'RE SUBSIDIZING IN THE 
PROCESS, THE U.S. ECONOMY, WHILE
THE INVESTMENT THAT HAS FLED 
CANADA IS FUELING AN 
UNPRECEDENTED OIL BOOM SOUTH OF 
THE BORDER.
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, DOES IT?
WHAT I'M DOING IS EXPLAINING TO 
CANADIANS WHO ARE LISTENING THE 
REALITY THAT WE ARE LIVING 
THROUGH.
MEANWHILE, MEANWHILE, THE 
FOREIGN FUNDED SPECIAL INTERESTS
CAMPAIGNING AGAINST CANADIAN 
ENERGY HAVE DONE PRECISELY 
NOTHING TO STOP THE DOUBLING OF 
OIL PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED 
STATES, OR TO REDUCE BY ONE 
SINGLE BARREL, ENERGY COMING 
FROM OPEC DICTATORSHIPS OR 
VLADIMIR PUTIN'S RUSSIA.
IN OTHER WORDS, IN OTHER WORDS, 
FRIENDS, WE CANADIANS HAVE BEEN 
HAD.
AND IN OTTAWA, WE HAVE A FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT THAT HAS MADE THIS 
BAD SITUATION -- [BOOING] -- WE 
HAVE AN OTTAWA, A FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT THAT HAS MADE A BAD 
SITUATION MUCH WORSE.
KILLING TWO MAJOR PIPELINES, 
INCLUDING ENERGY EAST, THAT 
WOULD HAVE HELPED OUR FRIENDS IN
QUÉBEC AND ATLANTIC CANADA 
DISPLACE FOREIGN OIL WITH 
CANADIAN ENERGY.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
THAT SAME FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 
THAT SAME FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
IS -- [BUILD THAT PIPE] I'VE GOT
TO -- I'M SORRY.
I'VE GOT TO CORRECT YOU.
IT'S NEVER -- WE NEVER SHOULD 
HAVE ENDED UP WITH THE FAINT 
HOPE OF ONE PIPELINE.
IT'S BUILD THOSE PIPES.
[CHANTING BUILD THOSE PIPES] SO 
THAT SAME FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS 
IMPOSING LAWS THAT WILL MAKE IT 
IMPOSSIBLE TO GET PIPELINES 
APPROVED IN THE FUTURE.
AND WE HAVE PROVINCIAL 
GOVERNMENTS THAT HAVE TRIED TO 
BLOCK OUR ENERGY.
BUT, FRIENDS, FRIENDS, TONIGHT, 
ALL OF THAT CHANGES.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT 
ALBERTANS HAVE DECIDED THAT WE 
WILL NO LONGER PASSIVELY ACCEPT 
THE CAMPAIGN OF DEFAMATION 
AGAINST THE INDUSTRY THAT HAS 
HELPED TO CREATE ONE OF THE MOST
PROSPEROUS AND GENEROUS 
SOCIETIES ON EARTH.
SO TONIGHT WE SAY TO OUR FELLOW 
CANADIANS, LET US UNITE TOGETHER
TO UNLEASH CANADA'S FULL 
ECONOMIC POTENTIAL.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
LET US RENEW -- LET US RENEW THE
PROMISE OF CONFEDERATION AS A 
TRUE ECONOMIC UNION.
LET US BEGIN A NEW ERA IN 
CANADA, PUTTING BEHIND US ALL 
THE BARRIERS TO TRADE AND 
MOBILITY THAT MAKE US POOR.
WE ALBERTANS LOVE OUR NATURAL 
ENVIRONMENT.
AND WE SEEK TO PRESERVE IT.
WE TAKE SERIOUSLY -- YES -- WE 
TAKE SERIOUSLY THE CHALLENGE OF 
CLIMATE CHANGE.
WE'RE WORLD LEADERS IN 
INNOVATING TO REDUCE EMISSIONS 
AND SHRINK THE ENVIRONMENTAL 
FOOTPRINT OF CANADIAN ENERGY.
AND WE'RE UNITED IN THE NEED TO 
CONTINUE DIVERSIFYING OUR 
ECONOMY.
BUT AS LONG AS THERE IS A 
GROWING GLOBAL DEMAND FOR OIL 
AND GAS, THE QUESTION IS WHO 
WILL PROVIDE IT?
WILL WE ABANDON GLOBAL ENERGY 
MARKETS TO DICTATORSHIPS THAT 
SPREAD CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE 
AROUND THE WORLD?
OR WILL CANADA COMPETE WITH AND 
DISPLACE CONFLICT OIL WITH 
CANADIAN ENERGY, THAT IS 
PRODUCED AT THE HIGHEST 
ENVIRONMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND 
LABOUR STANDARDS ON EARTH?
THAT IS THE QUESTION.
FELLOW CANADIANS -- FELLOW 
CANADIANS -- FELLOW CANADIANS, 
THE WORLD NEEDS MORE CANADA, THE
WORLD NEEDS MORE CANADIAN 
ENERGY.
THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT OUR 
SHARED PROSPERITY.
IT IS ALSO A MORAL CAUSE.
NOW LET ME THANK THE GROWING 
ALLIANCE OF PROVINCIAL 
GOVERNMENTS WHO ARE CHAMPIONS OF
JOBS, PIPELINES AND OUR 
RESOURCES.
THANK YOU, ESPECIALLY, TO MY 
FRIENDS, PREMIER MOE OF 
SASKATCHEWAN, PALLISTER OF 
MANITOBA -- 
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
-- FORD OF ONTARIO -- 
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
NEW BRUNSWICK, AND McLEOD OF THE
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES.
I LOOK FORWARD TO DEEPENING OUR 
WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE JOBS AND
SHARED PROSPERITY.
LET ME ALSO -- THIS IS VERY 
IMPORTANT -- LET ME ALSO THANK 
THE GROWING NUMBER OF 
PROGRESSIVE INDIGENOUS LEADERS 
ACROSS CANADA WHO WANT -- 
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
-- WHO WANT TO BE PARTNERS IN 
RESPONSIBLE RESOURCE 
DEVELOPMENT.
ALBERTA'S GOVERNMENT WILL SIT 
DOWN WITH YOU IN THE SPIRIT OF 
THE TREATIES, IN THE SPIRIT OF 
RECONCILIATION, TO DEVELOP REAL 
PARTNERSHIPS THAT CAN HELP MOVE 
FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE FROM 
POVERTY TO PROSPERITY THROUGH 
RESOURCES.
WE WILL CREATE THE ABORIGINAL 
OPPORTUNITIES CORPORATION TO 
HELP FIRST NATIONS BECOME 
CO-OWNERS OF PIPELINES AND OTHER
MAJOR RESOURCE PROJECTS.
BECAUSE, FRIENDS, THE TIME HAS 
COME TO MOVE BEYOND SYMBOLIC 
GESTURES.
TO REAL CONCRETE MEASURES FOR 
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE TO BENEFIT 
FROM THE RESOURCES THAT LIE 
BENEATH THE LANDS THAT THEY 
FIRST INHABITEDMENT -- 
INHABITED.
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT JUST AN 
ECONOMIC IMPERATIVE, IT IS A 
MORAL OBLIGATION OF OUR 
GENERATION THAT WE MUST MEET.
AND NOW, NOW, FRIENDS, I HAVE A 
MESSAGE, ANOTHER MESSAGE, A 
MESSAGE TO THOSE FOREIGN FUNDED 
SPECIAL INTERESTS.
WHO HAVE BEEN LEADING A CAMPAIGN
OF ECONOMIC SABOTAGE AGAINST 
THIS GREAT PROVINCE.
TO THE ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS, TO 
THE TIDES FOUNDATION, TO LEAD 
NOW, TO THE DAVID SUZUKI 
FOUNDATION AND TO ALL OF THE 
OTHERS, YOUR DAYS OF PUSHING 
AROUND ALBERTANS WITH IMPUNITY 
JUST ENDED.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[CHANTING JASON] 
>> WE ALBERTANS ARE PATIENT AND 
WE'RE FAIR-MINDED, BUT WE'VE HAD
ENOUGH OF YOUR CAMPAIGN OF 
DEFAMATION AND DOUBLE STANDARDS.
SO TODAY, TODAY WITH THIS 
ELECTION, WE BEGIN TO STAND UP 
FOR OURSELVES, FOR OUR JOBS AND 
FOR OUR FUTURE.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
TODAY, WE ALBERTANS BEGIN TO 
FIGHT BACK.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
FROM THIS DAY FORWARD, WHENEVER 
YOU LIE ABOUT HOW WE PRODUCE 
ENERGY, WE WILL TELL THE TRUTH 
ASSERTIVELY AND WE WILL USE 
EVERY MEANS AT OUR DISPOSAL TO 
HOLD YOU TO ACCOUNT.
THE MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES LIKE
HSBC BOYCOTT ALBERTA, WE'LL 
BOYCOTT THEM.
WE WILL LAUNCH A PUBLIC INQUIRY 
INTO THE FOREIGN SOURCE OF FUNDS
BEHIND THE CAMPAIGNS TO LAND 
LOCK ALBERTA'S ENERGY.
AND WE WILL BAN FOREIGN MONEY 
FROM OUR POLITICS AND USE EVERY 
LEGAL TOOL AT OUR DISPOSAL TO 
DEFEND THE WORKING MEN AND WOMEN
OF ALBERTA.
AND NOW, FRIENDS, PLEASE BEAR 
WITH ME FOR A MINUTE BECAUSE I 
HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE 
FOR US TO DELIVER TO OUR FRIENDS
IN QUÉBEC.
THE QUÉBEC WHO WE ADMIRE AND 
WITH WHOM WE WANT TO WORK.
I'M GOING TO SPEAK IN FRENCH FOR
A MOMENT.
PLEASE BEAR WITH ME.
I'LL REPEAT IN ENGLISH.
>> Translator: HAVE ALWAYS BEEN 
NATURAL ALLIES.
WE SHARE COMMON VALUES.
AND WE BELIEVE IN RESPECTFUL AND
RESPECTFUL.
-- AND WE SHARE COMMON VALUES 
AND BELIEVE IN A RESPECTFUL 
FEDERALISM THAT RESPECTS 
PROVINCIAL JURISDICTION.
[Speaking French]
>> Translator: THAT'S RIGHT.
THOUSANDS OF QUÉBECERS CHOSE TO 
LIVE IN ALBERTA.
THEY'VE CHOSEN TO MAKE ALBERTA 
THEIR NEW HOME.
[Speaking French]
>> Translator: I HAVE A LOT OF 
RESPECT FOR YOUR PREMIER, 
FRANCOIS LEGAULT.
ADMIRE THE FACT THAT HIS 
GOVERNMENT IS FOCUSSING ON 
ECONOMIC GROWTH.
AND THAT THEY DECIDED TO 
ELIMINATE QUÉBEC'S DEPENDENCY ON
EQUALIZATION.
>> I ADMIRE THAT HIS GOVERNMENT 
IS FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC GROWTH 
AND IS COMMITTED TO ENDING 
QUÉBEC'S DEPENDENCE ON 
EQUALIZATION.
[please stand by]
>> Voice of Translator: THE
DECISION TO BE MADE IS NOT HARD.
SHOULD WE GIVE PRIORITY TO THE
ALBERTA NUMBER WITH OIL
--
[end of translation]
QUÉBECERS WANT TO FUEL WITH
ETHICALLY PRODUCED ENERGY OR
WITH THEIR OIL IMPORTED FROM THE
DICTATORSHIPS TO ASK THE
QUESTION AND IS TO ANSWER IT.
SO THE DECISION THAT WE NEED TO
MAKE IT THIS -- SO LET ME SAY
THIS TO ALL QUEÉBECERS AND
PREMIER LEGAULT.
AT A TIME WHEN ALBERTA IS
HURTING WE MUST WORK TOGETHER.
(Voice of Translator): IF
QUÉBEC AND THE OTHER PROVINCES
WANT TO ACCEPT MASSIVE TRANSFERS
FROM ALBERTA, WELL, PLEASE, HELP
US TO DEVELOP OUR NATURAL
RESOURCES AND OUR ECONOMY.
[Cheers and Applause]
[end of translation]
IF QUEBECERS AND OTHER PROVINCES
WANT TO BENEFIT FROM MASSIVE
TRANSFERS DEVELOPED BY THE
HARD-WORKING RESOURCES OF
ALBERTANS, THEN THEY MUST BE
PARTNERS WITH US IN DEVELOPING
THOSE RESOURCES AND GETTING THEM
TO INTERNATIONAL MARKETS.
[Cheers and Applause]
FRIENDS, TODAY ALBERTANS HAVE
CHOSEN HOPE OVER FEAR AND UNITY
OVER DIVISION.
THEY HAVE CHOSEN FREE ENTERPRISE
VALUES OVER THE POLITICS OF
RESENTMENT.
THEY ARE REJECTED THE POLITICS
OF PERSONAL DESTRUCTION AND
ENDORSED THE MOST DETAILED PLAN
EVER OFFERED TO ALBERTA VOTERS,
117 PAGES LONG, WITH 375
SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS.
[Applause]
COMMITMENTS TO GET ALBERTA
WORKING.
FRIENDS, TONIGHT THE SILENT
MAJORITY HAS SPOKEN.
[Cheers and Applause]
THE SILENT MAJORITY HAS SPOKEN,
NOT THE LOUD AND ANGRY VOICES ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
BUT AVERAGE ALBERTANS WHO SIMPLY
SPOKE TODAY, THOSE FOLKS WHO
SIMPLY WANT THEIR COMMON SENSE
VALUES REFLECTED IN THEIR
GOVERNMENT.
WHO WANT HIGH-QUALITY HEALTH,
EDUCATION AND PUBLIC SERVICES,
BUT WHO UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED
A VIBRANT PRIVATE SECTOR ECONOMY
IN ORDER TO PAY FOR THOSE
THINGS.
[Cheers and Applause]
ALBERTANS WHO GET THAT
GOVERNMENTS CANNOT REDISTRIBUTE
WEALTH UNLESS SOMEONE IS
CREATING THAT WEALTH THROUGH
THEIR HARD WORK IN THE FIRST
PLACE.
[Cheers and Applause]
ALBERTANS WHO KNOW THAT WE
CANNOT TAX AND BORROW OUR WAY TO
PROSPERITY.
ALBERTANS WHO UNDERSTAND THAT
THE CARBON TAX IS ALL ECONOMIC
PAIN AND NO ENVIRONMENTAL GAINS
AND WANT -- AND WHO WANT TO
SCRAP THE CARBON TAX CASH GRAB.
[Cheers and Applause]
ALBERTANS WHO KNOW THAT DEBT IS
A TRAP THAT TAKES MONEY AWAY
FROM VITAL PUBLIC SERVICES AND
SENDS TO BANKERS AND
BONDHOLDERS.
ALBERTANS WHO BELIEVE IN OUR
GREAT TRADITION OF SCHOOL
CHOICE, BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND
-- THEY UNDERSTAND THAT PARENTS
KNOW BETTER THAN POLITICIANS
WHAT'S BEST FOR THEIR KIDS.
FRIENDS, LET ME THANK ALL OF
THOSE WHO HAVE ENTRUSTED US WITH
THEIR CONFIDENCE TODAY.
WE WILL STRIVE TO HONOUR YOUR
CONFIDENCE EVERY SINGLE DAY, TO
BE SURE -- TO BE SURE, OUR
GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE MISTAKES
AND WE WON'T BE PERFECT, BUT I
CAN GUARANTEE THAT YOU WE'LL
WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY TO DELIVER
ON OUR COMMITMENTS TO YOU, TO
CREATE JOBS, TO FIGHT FOR A FAIR
DEAL IN CANADA, TO MAKE ALBERTA
STRONG AND FREE.
[Cheers and Applause]
FRIENDS... FRIENDS, PREMIER
NOTLEY AND I SPOKE EARLIER THIS
EVENING.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
HER ON AN ORDERLY TRANSITION.
AND LET ME THANK OUR PREMIER FOR
HER TREMENDOUS PUBLIC SERVICE.
AS I HAVE SAID MANY TIMES -- GO
AHEAD, PLEASE... PLEASE DO.
[Applause]
AS I'VE SAID MANY TIMES BEFORE,
WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE A
PREMIER OF SUCH ABILITY,
INTELLIGENCE AND PASSION FOR
THIS PROVINCE.
OUR DISAGREEMENTS SHOULD NEVER
DIMINISH OUR RESPECT FOR ONE
ANOTHER AS ALBERTANS WHO ARE
DEVOTED TO MAKING LIFE BETTER
FOR OUR FELLOW CITIZENS.
[Cheers and Applause]
SO ON BEHALF OF ALL ALBERTANS,
THANK YOU, PREMIER, FOR YOUR
HARD WORK OVER THESE FOUR PAST
CHALLENGING YEARS.
THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM.
WHILE WE HAVE POLICY
DIFFERENCES, THERE CAN BE NO
DOUBT THAT YOU'VE ALWAYS SOUGHT
TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS IN
THE SERVICE OF ALBERTANS
ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF YOUR
JUDGMENT.
LET ME ALSO THANK -- LET ME ALSO
THANK DAVID CONN AND STEPHEN
MANDEL AND THEIR TEAMS AS WELL.
ALBERTANS, I TRULY BELIEVE THAT
ALBERTANS ARE WELL SERVED TO
HAVE LEADERSHIP OF THIS CALIBRE.
[Applause]
THANK YOU AS WELL TO CANDIDATES
FROM ALL PARTIES WHO HAD THE
COURAGE TO PUT THEIR NAMES ON
THE BALLOT.
YOU HELPED TO MAKE DEMOCRACY
HAPPEN TODAY.
[Applause]
FELLOW ALBERTANS, IT'S MY HOPE
THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO
STOP THE COARSENING OF OUR
PUBLIC DISCOURSE, TO RAISE THE
BAR OF CIVILITY AND RESPECT.
AND WHILE WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE
DISAGREEMENTS, AS WE SHOULD IN A
DEMOCRACY, WE SHOULD LET US SEEK
ALWAYS TO EXPRESS THOSE
DISAGREEMENTS WITHOUT BEING
DISAGREEABLE.
[Applause]
THANK YOU -- THANK YOU TO OUR
REMARKABLE UNITED CONSERVATIVE
TEAM OF CANDIDATES.
A NEW GENERATION THAT IS READY
TO LEAD.
[Cheers and Applause]
TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ELECTED,
I CANNOT WAIT TO GET TO WORK
WITH YOU AND TO THOSE WHO DIDN'T
SUCCEED TONIGHT YOU CONTRIBUTED
TO OUR BROADER SUCCESS FOR WHICH
I THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF
MY HEART.
[Cheers and Applause]
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR
THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE
WORKED SO HARD TO BRING US TO
THIS MOMENT OF HOPE AND CHANGE.
[Cheers and Applause]
THANK YOU TO THE VOTERS, THANK
YOU TO THE VOTERS OF CALGARY
LOUGHEED FOR ENTRUSTING ME WITH
YOUR CONFIDENCE ONCE AGAIN.
[Cheers and Applause]
AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MY
CAMPAIGN MANAGER TASHA SHINDEL.
[Applause]
AND OUR AMAZING LOCAL VOLUNTEERS
FOR RUNNING A BRILLIANT CAMPAIGN
LARGELY IN MY ABSENCE.
FRIENDS, NEARLY THREE YEARS AGO
WE LAUNCHED AN AUDACIOUS
CAMPAIGN TO REUNITE FREE
ENTERPRISE ALBERTANS INTO ONE
BIG TENT COALITION.
MANY SAID THAT IT COULDN'T BE
DONE BUT WE OVERCAME ENORMOUS
OBSTACLES ALONG THE WAY.
TO ALL OF THOSE WHO OPENED UP
THEIR HOMES AND THEIR HEARTS TO
ME, AS I HAVE VISITED EVERY
CORNER OF THE PROVINCE OVER THE
PAST THREE YEARS, LET ME SAY
THANK YOU.
I HAVE BEEN MOVED AGAIN AND
AGAIN BY THE ENDLESS GENEROSITY
OF ALBERTANS IN BUILDING THIS
GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT INTO THE
BIGGEST PROVINCIAL POLITICAL
PARTY IN CANADA AND THE NEXT
GOVERNMENT OF ALBERTA.
[Cheers and Applause]
>> JASON!
JASON!
JASON!
JASON!
JASON!
JASON!
JASON!
JASON!
JASON!
JASON!
JASON!
>> FOLKS, LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT
ONE SUCH INDIVIDUAL, AUGUST 6,
2016.
I PULLED UP WITH THAT BLUE
PICKUP IN HARDESTY.
IT DOESN'T GET MUCH MORE ALBERTA
THAN HARDESTY, BY THE WAY.
I WAS FILLING UP MY GAS TANK AND
A YOUNG FELLA PULLS UP BEHIND
AND JUMPS OUT AND SAYS TO ME,
EXCUSE ME, ARE YOU THAT KENNEY
GUY?
[laughter]
I SAID, YEAH.
AND HE SAYS, HOW LONG BEFORE YOU
GET RID OF THIS GOVERNMENT?
AND I SAID PROBABLY ABOUT THREE
YEARS.
AND HE SAID TO ME, SIR, THAT'S
NOT FAST ENOUGH.
YOU'VE GOTTA GO FASTER.
I SAID, LOOK, FELLA, I'M GOING
AS FAST AS I CAN.
BUT THEY WILL CHOOSE WHEN THE
ELECTION IS, NOT US.
AND HE STOPPED ME RIGHT THERE
AND HE SAID, SIR -- GOT VERY
EMOTIONAL AND SAID, SIR, PLEASE
UNDERSTAND, MY DAD LOST HIS JOB
OUT HERE EIGHT MONTHS AGO.
AND GOT DEPRESSED NOW AND I HAVE
NEVER SEEN HIM LIKE THIS BEFORE
AND I'M WORRIED ABOUT HIM.
AND I'M JUST 17 AND I'M THE ONLY
PAYCHEQUE FOR MOM AND DAD AND
ALL FOUR OF MY BROTHERS AND
SISTERS.
THAT YOUNG 17-YEAR-OLD STARTED
TO TEAR UP IN FRONT OF ME.
I REALISED THAT AT ANY NORMAL
TIME IN OUR ALBERTA LIVES THAT
17-YEAR-OLD WORKING HARD AND
PLAYING HARD, PROBABLY NOT
PAYING A LOT OF ATTENTION TO
POLITICS, BUT SUDDENLY THE
DECISIONS THAT WE MADE TODAY
MEANT EVERYTHING FOR HIM AND HIS
FAMILY.
SO WHAT -- TO THAT YOUNG MAN
WHEREVER HE IS, I HAVE THOUGHT
ABOUT YOU EVERY DAY FOR THE PAST
THREE YEARS.
[Cheers and Applause]
AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER ALBERTANS
WHO HAVE SHARED WITH ME THEIR
STORIES OF ADVERSITY.
BUT TO ALL OF THEM WE SAY WE
FINALLY GOT IT DONE.
[Cheers and Applause]
FOLKS, I'LL JUST CLOSE BY SAYING
THIS -- THAT YOUNG MAN AND
COUNTLESS OTHER ALBERTANS ARE
WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
WE HAVEN'T WORKED THIS HARD FOR
THIS LONG FOR POLITICS OR FOR
POWER, BUT FOR PEOPLE, THE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST SO MUCH.
THE PEOPLE AT THE MARGINS.
TONIGHT AND THE NEXT FOUR YEARS
IS FOR THEM.
IT'S ABOUT DOING EVERYTHING --
EVERYTHING WITHIN OUR POWER TO
MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE LIKE
THAT TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOD-GIVEN
POTENTIAL IN THIS GREAT LAND OF
PROSPERITY AND OPPORTUNITY
CALLED ALBERTA.
[Cheers and Applause]
IT'S ABOUT THE SINGLE MOMS,
STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
AND IT'S ABOUT THE SENIORS ON
FIXED INCOMES WHO ARE ANXIOUS
ABOUT PAYING THE BILLS.
AND IT'S ABOUT THE FARMERS AND
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO HAVE
SLEEPLESS NIGHTS ABOUT GROWING
DEBT.
IT'S ABOUT THE FIRST NATIONS
PEOPLE WHO TOO OFTEN FEEL LIKE
THEY CAN'T GET A FAIR SHOT AT
OPPORTUNITY.
IT'S ABOUT THE NEW CANADIANS WHO
ARE STUCK IN SURVIVAL JOBS
BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET THEIR
DEGREES OR WORK EXPERIENCE
RECOGNISED.
IT'S ABOUT THE YOUNG ALBERTANS
WHO ARE WONDERING IF THEY HAVE
TO LEAVE OUR PROVINCE TO FIND
WORK.
IT'S ABOUT THE OIL FIELD
FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST THEIR
HOMES.
AND IT'S ABOUT THE LADY IN
MEDICINE HAT LAST WEEK WHO CAME
UP TO ME IN TEARS TO SAY MY
HUSBAND HAS BEEN WORKING IN
ONTARIO FOR TWO YEARS AND,
PLEASE, GET OUR ECONOMY BACK SO
HE CAN COME HOME.
IT'S ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE THAT WE
WORK SO HARD...
[Cheers and Applause]
AND SO, FRIENDS, I STAND HERE
TONIGHT WITH YOU, WITH THE
MEMBERS OF OUR NEW GOVERNMENT,
TO SAY THAT WE WILL FIGHT FOR
THOSE ALBERTANS AND SO MANY MORE
LIKE THEM.
AND, FINALLY, LET ME SAY --
SPEAK TO THOSE ALBERTANS WHO DID
NOT VOTE FOR THE UNITED
CONSERVATIVES TODAY.
I RESPECT AND HONOUR YOUR
CHOICE.
WE WILL STRIVE TO BE A
GOVERNMENT FOR ALL ALBERTANS,
NOT JUST THOSE WHO VOTED FOR US.
[Cheers and Applause]
ALBERTANS -- ALBERTANS HAVE
GIVEN US A MANDATE TO IMPLEMENT
THE POSITIVE IDEAS IN OUR
PLATFORM, TO BRING BOLD CHANGE
THAT GETS ALBERTA BACK TO WORK.
AND IN IMPLEMENTING THOSE
POLICIES WE WILL REACH OUT TO
THOSE WHO DISAGREE IN THE SPIRIT
OF DIALOGUE TO FIND COMMON
GROUND WHEREVER POSSIBLE, TO
LISTEN AND TO WHEN WE'RE WRONG
TO CHANGE COURSE.
FRIENDS, LET ME CLOSE AS I BEGAN
OUR ENTIRE UNITED ALBERTA
MOVEMENT THREE YEARS AGO BY
SAYING THAT ALBERTA ISN'T JUST A
PLACE ON A MAP.
IT'S NOT JUST A RANDOM
COLLECTION OF PEOPLE.
ALBERTA IS AN IDEA.
IT'S AN IDEA OF A FREE SOCIETY,
THAT BELIEVES IN THE CREATIVE
POWER OF HUMAN POTENTIAL, OF
PEOPLE UNLEASHED TO PURSUE THEIR
GREATEST STRENGTHS AND PASSIONS,
A BELIEF THAT STRONG AND
RESILIENT INDIVIDUALS, STRONG
COMMUNITIES, ARE BETTER AT
PREVENTING SOCIAL PROBLEMS THAN
A BIG IMPERSONAL AND
BUREAUCRATIC STATE.
WE NEED TO REVIVE OUR BELIEF IN
THOSE ENTREPRENEURIAL ALBERTA
VALUESES THAT BUILT THIS
PROVINCE INTO THE ENVY OF THE
WORLD.
[Cheers and Applause]
AND WITH YOUR SUPPORT IN THE
FOUR YEARS TO COME, THAT IS
EXACTLY WHAT WE WILL DO.
WORKING DAY AND NIGHT, TO RENEW
THE ALBERTA ADVANTAGE, TO RENEW
THIS PROVINCE AS A PLACE OF HOPE
AND OPPORTUNITY FOR GENERATIONS
TO COME.
AND AN ALBERTA THAT IS STRONG
AND FREE.
GOD BLESS YOU.
GOD BLESS ALBERTA.
[Cheers and Applause]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
(♪♪♪)
>> Rob: THERE'S THE BALLOON
DROP AT THE U.C.P. HEADQUARTERS
DOWN ON THE STAMPEDE GROUNDS IN
CALGARY AND THERE'S THE NEXT
PREMIER OF ALBERTA.
THE 18th IN OUR PROVINCE'S
HISTORY, JASON KENNEY, AFTER
DELIVERING A LENGTHY VERY
INTERESTING VICTORY SPEECH
TONIGHT.
WHERE TO BEGIN.
LET'S BEGIN WITH THE MESSAGE TO
ALBERTANS WHICH IS NOT WHAT HE
LED WITH IN THAT SPEECH.
AND THAT'S NOTABLE.
HE SAID THAT THE SILENT MAJORITY
HAS SPOKEN, ALBERTANS HAVE
CHOSEN HOPE AND PROSPERITY OVER
DIVISION.
THAT, OBVIOUSLY, A NOD TO THE
NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING THAT HE WAS
FACING FROM HIS CHIEF OPPOSITION
IN THIS CAMPAIGN, RACHEL NOTLEY
AND THE N.D.P.
ACKNOWLEDGING THAT RACHEL NOTLEY
AND THE N.D.P.'S CONTRIBUTION TO
ALBERTA AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE
FACT THEY CAME INTO POWER DURING
DIFFICULT ECONOMIC TIMES AND
REACHING OUT TO THOSE WHO DIDN'T
SUPPORT THE U.C.P.
JASON KENNEY IS SAYING THAT WE
WILL STRIVE TO BE A GOVERNMENT
FOR ALL ALBERTANS AND NOT JUST
THOSE WHO VOTED FOR US.
SO A LOT OF WHAT YOU WOULD
EXPECT, BOILER PLATE LANGUAGE
FOR SOMEONE WHO IS INHERITING
THE OFFICE AND WILL HAVE TO
GOVERN FOR ALL ALBERTANS, BUT
DEFINITELY OPENED WITH AN
INTERESTING TONE.
OPENED I GUESS STAYING IN THE
LANE THAT WON HIM IN THIS
ELECTION.
THAT IS DELIVERING THE U.C.P.
ITS FIRST EVER MAJORITY
GOVERNMENT IN ALBERTA.
ALBERTA IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS FOR
WERE THE FIRST WORDS OUT OF HIS
MOUTH.
HE THEN WENT ON FROM THE MESSAGE
TO ALL OF CANADA, TO THE WORLD,
AND COURTING BUSINESSES AND
TRYING TO GENERATE MORE JOBS.
THE MESSAGES SPECIFICALLY TO
THOSE IN QUÉBEC FOR THE FIRST
TIME DURING A VICTORY SPEECH ON
ELECTION NIGHT, A
PREMIER-DESIGNATE SPOKE WORDS IN
FRENCH, DIRECTLY TO QUEÉBECERS.
HE HAD WORDS ABOUT THE ALLIANCE
OF LIKE-MINDED PREMIERS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
THAT WAS TARGETED AT, GUESS WHO,
JUSTIN TRUDEAU.
A REAL -- WHERE TO START WHY
DON'T WE START WITH THIS IN
TERMS OF THE MESSAGE, JANET,
THAT STOOD OUT FOR YOU FOR
ALBERTANS.
SO, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAD THE POM
ALL ARE VOTE NUMBERS IN, 53.8%
OF THOSE WHO WERE ELIGIBLE TO
VOTE VOTED FOR THE U.C.P.
THIS IS A DIVIDED PROVINCE.
THE MAJORITY DID FAVOUR THAT
PARTY.
BUT HE DID SAY WHAT YOU WOULD
EXPECT AS I SAID AS THE
NECESSARY VERBAGE CAME OUT OF
HIS MOUTH.
DO YOU THINK THAT IT WILL BE
RECEIVED BY THOSE WHO DIDN'T
VOTE FOR HIM?
>> IT CAME OUT BUT VERY LATE IN
THE SPEECH.
BUT I THINK HE WON BY A LARGE
ENOUGH VICTORY THAT HE WANTED TO
SPEAK TO HIS SUPPORTERS AND TO
GET THE BALL ROLLING ON HIS
FIGHT WITH OUTAOUAIS AND THE
OTHER PROVINCES AND THAT WAS A
BIGGER PRIORITY FOR HIM THAN
TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, TO SMOOTH
OVER VOTERS WHO DIDN'T VOTE FOR
HIM.
>> Rob: CAN HE SMOOTH OVER
THOSE VOTERS, GRAHAM?
>> IT'S A BIG QUESTION BECAUSE
THEY'RE BASICALLY IN EDMONTON
AND A FEW OTHER AREAS.
BUT THIS IS A SPLIT IN THE
PROVINCE, IT'S A VERY CLEAR
DIVISION.
AND IT'S INTERESTING THAT NOTLEY
DID THANK KENNEY RELATIVELY
EARLY IN HER SPEECH.
WHERE HE DIDN'T EVEN MENTION HIS
OPPONENTS UNTIL NEAR THE BOTTOM.
HE TALKED TO ALBERTANS.
HE BEGAN HIS SPEECH TALKING TO
FOREIGN COMPANIES AND PEOPLE
FIGHTING OUR OIL AND KEEPING OUR
OIL LAND LOCKED AND HE TALKED TO
QUÉBEC.
A LOT OF ANGER AND FIERINESS AND
THIS IS HIS CAMPAIGN CONTINUING.
TONIGHT DID NOT END THE CAMPAIGN
IN A SENSE FOR JASON KENNEY,
BECAUSE HE'S TALKED ABOUT TAKING
ON TRUDEAU.
NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, GETTING
TOUGH WITH PIPELINES BUT
DEFEATING TRUDEAU IN THE
ELECTION, HELPING TO DEFEAT
TRUDEAU AND HELP ANDREW SCHEER
FEDERALLY.
SO HE FOUND ANOTHER CAMPAIGN
ALREADY.
>> Rob: ANDREW SCHEER IS
MAKING A CAMPAIGN STOP ON BEHALF
OF JASON KENNEY AND SAYING,
LOOK, THE FIRST STEP FOR YOU AND
ELECT JASON KENNEY AND THE NEXT
STEP FOR ME IS TO ELECT US AND
THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY.
YOU MENTIONED THE PRIME
MINISTER, PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN
TRUDEAU HAS ISSUED THE FOLLOWING
STATEMENT... "I LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH THE PROVINCIAL
GOVERNMENT TO CREATE GOOD,
MIDDLE-CLASS JOBS, BUILD
INFRASTRUCTURE AND GROW BUSINESS
AND INDUSTRIES AT THE HEART OF
ALBERTA'S PROSPERITY SO THE
PROVINCE CAN REMAIN COMPETITIVE
IN OUR CHANGING ECONOMY.
TOGETHER WE WILL ADDRESS THE
ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE TO
ALBERTANS AND ALL CANADIANS,
INCLUDE SUPPORTING CANOLA
PRODUCERS AND TAKING ACTION ON
CLIMATE CHANGE WHILE GETTING OUR
NATURAL RESOURCES TO MARKET."
HE ALSO THANKED RACHEL NOTLEY.
TOGETHER, CAN YOU IMAGINE JUSTIN
TRUDEAU AND JASON KENNEY WORKING
TOGETHER ON ANYTHING.
THAT WAS A SHOT ACROSS THE BOW,
WASN'T IT?
JACKSON AT FIRST I THOUGHT THAT
I WAS LOOKING AT A FEDERAL
SPEECH.
AND ANY CHANCE THAT THE FEDERAL
LIBERALS HAD IN ALBERTA IS DONE.
THAT'S MY OPINION.
AND THEN I THINK THAT MR. SCHEER
KNOWS THAT TOO AND THAT'S WHY HE
CAME DOWN.
>> Rob: AND MR. KENNEY KNOWS
THIS IS CARRIED ACROSS THE
NATION ON CBC NEWS NETWORK AND
OTHER NETWORKS AS WELL.
SO HE TAILORED THAT SPEECH TO
REACH OUT TO A NATIONAL
AUDIENCE.
WHY DO YOU THINK THAT HE WANTS
TO DO THAT, GRAHAM?
WHAT IS THE POLITICAL ADVANTAGE
AT THIS POINT FOR HIM, HAVING
BEEN ELECTED?
>> WELL, THIS IS HIM -- THIS IS
CHANNELLING THE ANGER THAT
ALBERTANS HAVE TO BRITISH
COLUMBIA, AND THIS IS HIM
CHANNELLING THE ANGER TO OTHER
PROVINCES AND SAYING, LOOK, THIS
IS REAL.
WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO BE NICE
TO EVERYBODY.
WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY START
FIGHTING.
HE WAS VERY LOUD.
YOU COULD SEE THE PASSION THAT
HE HAD THERE.
SO HE IS CHANNELLING THAT
PASSION, THE ANGER, THAT
ALBERTANS HAVE AND WARNING OTHER
PROVINCES THAT WE'RE NOT GOING
TO BACK DOWN.
WE'RE GOING TO BE IN YOUR FACE.
NOW YOU CAN QUESTION THE
CONSTITUTIONALITY OF WHAT HE'S
TRYING TO DO, IN TERMS OF
FIGHTING EQUALIZATION AND FIGHT
THE CARBON TAX FEDERALLY AND
TURN OFF THE TAPS TO BRITISH
COLUMBIA POTENTIALLY.
>> Rob: YEAH, JOHN HORGAN HAS
CONGRATULATORY TWEETS TOO.
ON THAT NOTE, JANET, DO YOU
THINK THAT JASON KENNEY WILL
ENACT THAT LEGISLATION, THAT HE
WILL TURN OFF THE TAPS?
BUT IT WAS A THREAT IN THE
CONTEXT OF THE CAMPAIGN AND
OBVIOUSLY HE WANTED VOTES.
>> THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
I THINK THAT NOW HE'S THE
PREMIER HE'LL HAVE A DIFFERENT
CALCULATION ON THESE THINGS.
I THINK THAT HE'LL REACH OUT TO
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
BUT, I MEAN, IT'S DEFINITELY A
TOOL TO KEEP IN HIS TOOLKIT AND
IT'S A HAM THEY'RE HE'S PREPARED
TO PULL OUT.
BUT, YEAH, IT WILL BE
INTERESTING TO SEE HOW OTHER
PROVINCES REACT TO WHAT HAPPENED
HERE TONIGHT IN BRITISH
COLUMBIA.
AND JOHN HORGAN MAY BE THINKING
ABOUT HIS OWN POLITICAL FUTURE
AND MAYBE IT'S TIME TO PULL THE
STRING AND TRY TO GET A MAJORITY
GOVERNMENT SO HE'S BETTER
PREPARED TO FIGHT THE FIGHT
THAT'S COMING DOWN THE ROAD.
>> Rob: WE'LL PARK THAT ONE
THERE AND TALK ABOUT B.C.
POLITICS DOWN THE LINE AND
THERE'S A LOT TO TALK ABOUT IN
THE DAYS AHEAD WITH THE OUTCOME
HERE IN ALBERTA TONIGHT, IN THE
YEARS AHEAD.
WE HAVE FOUR YEARS OF A MAJORITY
U.C.P. GOVERNMENT.
WE STILL HAVE SOME OUTSTANDING
RACES, TOO CLOSE TO CALL IN THIS
PROVINCE.
AND BEFORE WE SIGN OFF AT THE
TOP OF THE CLOCK, NANCY CARLSON
IS BACK TO BRING US UP-TO-SPEED
ON WHERE THOSE RACES ARE TAKING
PLACE AND HOW CLOSE THEY ARE,
NANCY.
>> Nancy: ROB, YOU'RE TALKING
FOUR YEARS DOWN THE ROAD?
I'LL SHORTEN THAT A BIT AND
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AS TO WHEN
EXACTLY WE MAY BE ABLE TO
DECLARE A WINNER IN THESE
RIDINGS THAT ARE TOO CLOSE TO
CALL.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF
THEM AND, AGAIN, SO WE'RE
LOOKING IN EDMONTON AND CALGARY
AND, OF COURSE, OUTSIDE THE TWO
MAJOR CITIES AS WELL.
WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT'S
DIVIDING THEM, I MEAN, YOU'RE
LOOKING AT A .07%, 113 VOTES.
WE'RE LOOKING AT INCREDIBLE
CLOSE MARGINS WHEN WE LOOK AT
HOW CLOSE THESE RIDINGS ARE.
AND SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO
PLAY A ROLE IN WHEN WE'LL BE
ABLE TO DECLARE A WINNER IN
THESE RIDINGS?
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN
TONIGHT.
IT WILL BE IN THE DAYS, WEEKS TO
COME, BECAUSE, AGAIN, WHEN WE
LOOK AT THE ADVANCED POLLS THERE
ARE GOING TO BE MORE THAN 220
VOTES THAT ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO
BE COUNTED TOMORROW AND INTO THE
COMING DAYS.
AGAIN, THEY'RE NOT EXPECTED TO
CHANGE THE OUTCOME TOO MUCH,
BUT, AGAIN, SOMETHING TO KEEP IN
MIND AS WE ARE LOOKING AT THE
RESULTS.
AND THEN AS WE LOOK AT SOME OF
THE RIDINGS WHERE THEY ARE TOO
CLOSE TO CALL, ACTUALLY WE'LL
LOOK AT THE VOTER TURNOUT,
ACTUALLY.
LET'S LOOK AT VOTER TURNOUT.
WE WERE LOOKING AT MORE THAN
700,000 PEOPLE IN THE ADVANCED
VOTES.
WE WERE ASKING WHAT DIFFERENCE
THAT WILL MAKE WITH ADVANCED
POLLS OVERALL.
IT'S UP 4.6%.
NOT THAT SIGNIFICANT COMPARED TO
2015.
AGAIN, YOU NEVER KNOW WITH THOSE
ADVANCED POLLS BECAUSE WE WERE
SEEING SUCH HUGE NUMBERS WITH
THOSE.
SO, AGAIN, A CHANGE OF 
4.6 PERCENTAGE POINTS AND I HAVE
IT HERE.
SO THE HIGHEST VOTER TURNOUT WAS
1938.
AND THAT WAS 81% AND THE LOW
NEST 2008 AT 30.6%.
THESE ARE UNOFFICIAL NUMBERS
BECAUSE WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR
THEM TO COME IN.
BUT THIS IS FROM WHAT WE HAVE
RIGHT NOW, ROB, THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH THE VOTER
TURNOUT, HOW MANY ALBERTANS
WEIGHED IN AND MADE A DIFFERENCE
TONIGHT.
>> Rob: AS YOU SAY, NANCY, IT
COULD BE A WHILE BEFORE WE FIND
OUT IN THE TOO CLOSE TO CALL
RIDINGS.
FOR THEM THIS ELECTION CAMPAIGN
CONTINUES.
IT REALLY HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR
YEARS.
JASON KENNEY MENTIONING THREE
YEARS SINCE HE CAME UP WITH THE
IDEA OF UNITING THE RIGHT AND
RUNNING FOR THE HIGHEST OFFICE
IN THIS PROVINCE.
AND YOU SEE THE FLAG BEHIND
BRYAN LABBY AT H.Q.
AND IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT FOR
YOU AS WELL.
HAVING HEARD WHAT JASON KENNEY
JUST HAD TO SAY, THE NEXT
PREMIER OF ALBERTA, WHY DON'T
YOU LEAVE US WITH FINAL
THOUGHTS.
>> Reporter: WELL, I JUST WANT
TO PICK UP ON WHAT GRAHAM WAS
SAYING.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE THAT THE
CAMPAIGN IN A SENSE CONTINUES.
AND JASON KENNEY REALLY TAPPED
INTO THE ANGER IN THE ROOM.
YOU COULD HEAR -- I MEAN, SOME
OF THE LOUDEST CHEERS CAME WHEN
KENNEY WAS TALKING ABOUT THE
SPECIAL FUNDED INTEREST GROUPS,
FOREIGN FUNDED SPECIAL INTEREST
GROUPS.
AND THE CROWD WAS JUST
ELECTRIFIED TALKING ABOUT THAT.
SO THAT'S REALLY A CONTINUATION.
BUT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT
THE KENNEY CAMPAIGN WAS DOGGED
BY CONTROVERSY THROUGHOUT.
AND THE N.D.P., OF COURSE, TRIED
TO MAKE THIS ABOUT CHARACTER AND
TRUST, THAT DIDN'T WORK.
AND, OF COURSE, IT DIDN'T
MATTER.
BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THE
RCMP AND THE ELECTIONER IN
ALBERTA WILL CONTINUE TO
INVESTIGATE THE ALLEGATIONS OF
VOTER FRAUD AND IRREGULAR
DONATIONS FROM THE CAMPAIGN.
AND THAT IS REAL.
AND THAT WORK WILL CONTINUE.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT,
OBVIOUSLY, JASON KENNEY AND THE
U.C.P. WILL CONTINUE TO
CELEBRATE INTO THE NIGHT, BUT
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING
TO POP UP OVER THE NEXT FEW
MONTHS AS JASON KENNEY SETTLES
INTO THE LEGISLATURE.
>> Rob: AS YOU SAY THE BIG
STORY IS THE U.C.P. AND THE
CONSERVATIVE VOTE ASCENDED INTO
THIS PROVINCE ONCE AGAIN.
SO LET'S TRACK OVER TO THAT TALE
OF TWO CITIES AS IT CONTINUES.
THE N.D.P. HEADQUARTERS IN
EDMONTON.
THAT'S WHERE WE FIND KIM
TRYNACITY.
WHAT A DIFFERENT STORY BEHIND
YOU, KIM.
IT'S PRETTY MUCH CLEARED OUT.
AS FOR FINAL THOUGHTS, YOU HAVE
BEEN COVERING THIS PREMIER FOR
THE LAST FOUR YEARS, RACHEL
NOTLEY.
SHE'LL NOW SIT AS THE LEADER OF
THE OFFICIAL OPPOSITION.
WHAT WERE YOU EXPECTING AND WHAT
DO YOU THINK OF THE CAMPAIGN
THAT JUST UNFOLDED?
>> Reporter: WELL, WHAT CAME
THROUGH LOUDLY AND CLEARLY, ROB,
TONIGHT IS THAT THEY HAVE NO
REGRETS ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN OR
WHAT THEY DID OVER THE LAST FOUR
YEARS.
REMEMBER, THIS PARTY, THE
N.D.P., IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN
SOCIAL JUSTICE CAUSES.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I
THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE A
CONTINUATION OF AS THEY SLIDE
INTO THEIR NEW ROLE AS BEING THE
OFFICIAL OPPOSITION.
AND I SPOKE TO A NUMBER OF
PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT, INCLUDING
SARAH HOFFMAN WHO IS GOING TO
RETURN AS THE M.L.A. FOR
EDMONTON-LENORA.
AND SHE'S PROUD OF THE WORK THEY
DID.
AND AS IS RACHEL NOTLEY IN HER
CONCESSION SPEECH TONIGHT,
TALKING ABOUT RAISING THE
MINIMUM WAGE.
SHE DID A SPECIAL SHOUTOUT TO
YOUNG WOMEN, YOUNG GIRLS, SAYING
NEVER BE AFRAID OF TAKING THAT
STEP.
CUTTING CHILD POVERTY, AND
CUTTING OR INTRODUCING SCHOOL
LUNCH PROGRAMMES.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT JASON
KENNEY WILL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT
IF HE'S GOING TO UNDO THEM.
YOU KNOW, THEY BROUGHT CHANGES
TO THE LABOUR CODE WHICH HE SAID
THAT HE'S GOING TO CHANGE THE
LABOUR LEGISLATION.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THOSE THINGS THAT
PARENTS AND PEOPLE HAVE COME TO
RELY ON, LIKE A HOT LUNCH FOR
THEIR KIDS?
AND THE CROWD IS THINNING OUT
HERE, ROB, SO WE'LL SEE WHAT
HAPPENS NEXT FOR THE N.D.P.
SOME OF THOSE RACES STILL AREN'T
DECIDED AND SOME OF THEM ARE
VERY, VERY CLOSE.
AND SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO
SEE HOW THE N.D.P. EVOLVES WITH
THEIR NEXT PHASE OF BEING
OFFICIAL OPPOSITION.
ROB?
>> Rob: IT COULD BE A
FASCINATING FOUR YEARS FOR
POLITICAL REPORTERS SUCH AS
YOURSELF ON SO MANY FRONTS.
THANK YOU, KIM.
AS WE GET FINAL THOUGHTS ON THE
OUTCOME TONIGHT FROM OUR PANEL.
THE STRATEGISTS, NAJIB JUTT,
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO LEAVE US
WITH TO THINK ABOUT IN THE DAYS
AHEAD?
>> I THINK THAT IT'S EASY TO BE
ON THE SIDELINES AND TO TALK
TOUGH AND TO GIVE CRITICISM BUT
NOW THE BALL IS IN MR. KENNEY'S
COURT AND WE'LL SEE IF HE
DELIVERS ON ALL OF HIS MANDATES.
SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE A LOT
MORE COMPLEX THAN HE MADE THEM
SEEM.
>> THIS RESULT MAKES ALBERTA
SEEM LIKE A WILDLY CONSERVATIVE
PLACE AND THIS IS PROBABLY NOT A
REFLECTION OF OUR SOCIAL VALUES.
>> HE MADE IT SOUND LIKE THE
N.D.P. CAUSED ALL OF THE
PROBLEMS AND THE CARBON TAX AND
THINGS LIKE THAT AND YOU DEFEAT
THE N.D.P. AND THINGS BOUNCE
BACK.
IT WON'T BE THAT SIMPLE.
>> Rob: AND NANCY CARLSON, A
FANTASTIC JOB SORTING THROUGH
ALL OF THOSE RIDINGS TONIGHT AND
LEAVING US WITH A PICTURE OF
THIS PROVINCE AS IT EVOLVED.
LOOK AT THAT, YOU'LL LEAVE US
WITH SOMETHING THAT REALLY DOES
TELL THE TALE OF THE NIGHT.
>> Nancy: IT MAKES IT EASY TO
UNDERSTAND HOW THINGS
PROGRESSED.
SO THIS IS A MAP OF ALBERTA AT
THE END OF THE LAST VOTE FROM
2015.
AND THEN IF WE SWITCH GEARS YOU
CAN SEE HOW MUCH OF A CHANGE
THERE HAS BEEN TONIGHT IN
ALBERTA.
THEN YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE
N.D.P. IS, AND, OF COURSE, WHERE
ALL OF THAT CONSERVATIVE BLUE IS
TONIGHT, ROB.
>> Rob: YES, NANCY, THE
CONSERVATIVE VOTES HAVE ALIGNED
UNDER A UNITED CONSERVATIVE
PARTY.
THIS WAS JASON KENNEY'S VISION.
HE SOLD SUPPORTERS AND THE
WILDROSE AND THE P.C.s, THAT
IF YOU COME TOGETHER UNDER MY
LEADERSHIP, A LEADERSHIP THAT
STILL HAS A CLOUD OVER IT, I CAN
DELIVER.
THAT ACCIDENTAL GOVERNMENT THAT
NANCY REFERRED TO IT WILL BE A
THING OF THE PAST.
IN FACT, HE MADE HISTORY BY
SECURING THE U.C.P. ITS FIRST
MANDATE TONIGHT.
HE ALSO MADE HISTORY IN
RELEGATING RACHEL NOTLEY AND THE
N.D.P. TO AN INTERESTING
FOOTNOTE IN ALBERTA POLITICAL
HISTORY, THE ONLY PARTY TO EVER
SECURE A MANDATE AND THEN NOT
SECURE A CONSECUTIVE MANDATE
FROM THE PEOPLE OF ALBERTA.
THIS IS NOT YOUR GRANDFATHER'S
ALBERTA, CLEARLY.
53% OF THE POPULAR VOTE WENT TO
THE U.C.P. TONIGHT.
AND SO THERE'S DIVISION IN THIS
PROVINCE AND YOU CAN SEE IT IN
THE COMPOSITION WITH THE
SCOREBOARD ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT
NOW.
ONLY TWO PARTIES WILL BE
REPRESENTING ALBERTANS IN THE
LEGISLATURE.
ONE CLEARLY COMING FROM THE
PROGRESSIVE POINT OF VIEW, AND
CHAMPIONING SOCIAL ISSUES AND
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND THE
OTHER FOCUSED ON THE ECONOMY,
JOBS AND FREE ENTERPRISE AND
BUSINESS.
IT'S GOING TO BE A FASCINATING
FOUR YEARS.
WE'LL BE HERE FOR YOU ALONG THE
WAY.
QUITE A NIGHT IN ALBERTA.
ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE AT CBC, I
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR
THIS SPECIAL BROADCAST.
ALBERTANS ARE PREPARING FOR A
NEW CHAPTER IN OUR PROVINCE'S
POLITICAL HISTORY.
CBC NEWS WILL BE THERE AT ALL
POINTS ALONG THE WAY.
HERE ON TV, RADIO, AND ONLINE.
ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS.
GOODNIGHT.
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