The New Democratic Party (NDP) and the United Conservative Party (UCP) have both held a majority government for one full term in Alberta, and the two are vying to break the tie on May 29.
Here’s a look at the policies of the two governments during their tenure in some key areas.
But a note of caution. According to political science professor Geoffrey Hale of the University of Lethbridge, making sense of the last eight years in Alberta politics can be daunting.
“Given the political and economic roller coaster that Alberta has been on over the last eight years, both within government mandates and across governments, past performance is only one indicator of future performance,” he said in an email to The Epoch Times….