Alberta’s Opposition leader told her Edmonton constituency nomination meeting on Saturday there was a time right after her party was defeated in 2019 that she mused about stepping aside.
NDP Leader Rachel Notley’s one-term government had come to an end in the election that gave the United Conservatives a majority government, and Notley says she considered whether new blood was needed.
But she says what tipped the balance in her decision to stay was when the UCP introduced legislation in 2019, which later passed, erasing measures brought in by the NDP to strengthen protections for gay-straight alliances in schools.Notley said at the time the bill was introduced that while it included provisions for the alliances, it diluted the rules to allow schools to delay setting up GSAs and gave them the opportunity to inform parents if their children join one.
Notley told Saturday’s nomination meeting that only minutes after the UCP passed Bill 8, which she called “Bill Hate,” its members posed for photos to mark the end of the session by splashing in the reflecting pool on the legislature grounds. “This is how your UCP government celebrated the decision to end protections against bullying for children who just needed to feel safe,” Notley said, comparing a photo of the UCP members to the opening credits of the TV show “Friends.”
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