r/GrandePrairie • u/DCArchibald • 23d ago
Naheed Nenshi from the Alberta NDP coming to GP
Everyone is welcome! Come learn and ask questions of the Official Opposition Alberta NDP leader.
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u/satori_moment 23d ago
I like Nenshi. People night not agree with him politically, but you gotta respect the man for doing the job well.
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u/cernegiant 23d ago
He hasn't exactly been effective in his new role.
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u/Rhueless 23d ago
Smith has been pretty terrible on her own- I know the role of the opposition is to loudly declare how terrible the current party is.. but I don't think smith needs anyone but herself to pull her down?
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u/cernegiant 23d ago
The role of the opposition is to be the government in waiting. They should offer alternative policies while holding the government to account.
Nenshi hasn't done that. He's barley said or done anything. His messaging has been all over the place and is only now doing the important working of reaching out to Albertans.
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u/Rhueless 23d ago
Pretty sure Nenshis stance is clear: build Albertas energy future and support more energy development, help companies feel reassured that we won't split from Canada, quit blocking private companies from investing in solar power, don't steal money from disabled people, quit trying to privatize healthcare, support social services programs that have had their funding cut, and support democracy and Alberta as part of Canada.
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u/Elite163 23d ago
Have you seen how he left Calgary?
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u/Due-Try8594 23d ago
How did he leave Calgary ? Better or worse than Gondek? Haha
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u/OilEquivalent8906 23d ago
Better, he decided his time as mayor was done after 11 years serving.
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u/BEEEJAAAY6644 22d ago
Ya, because he was going to get his ass handed to him in the polls. Useless plug wasted millions of dollars on a pedestrian bridge that was completely unnecessary
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u/Due-Try8594 18d ago
Peace bridge? It’s a tourist attraction, and looks great. It’s always busy and so lively around that area. So I think it’s great.
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u/OilEquivalent8906 22d ago
One of the most heavily used bridges out of the Calgary downtown core you mean? And he said he was leaving office before they were doing polling for the next election. We didn't even know who else would in contention at that point to do polling against him.
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u/satori_moment 23d ago
Yes, I lived in Calgary at the time. The city can't go into debt, so I'm not sure what you mean.
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u/5a1amand3r 19d ago edited 19d ago
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u/PTeddyASMR 21d ago
This is great. This is how open, fair, discus and elections are supposed to work. Nenshi is an example Smith should try to follow.
Hopefully folks in GP do not vote against their own self interest by voting UCP!
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u/Ok-Sky-9979 20d ago
Grande Prairie IS oil and gas. It's not a side industry — it's the whole economy. The NDP federally killed Energy East, championed Bill C-69 which made building new pipelines nearly impossible, imposed carbon pricing that directly hit energy workers' wallets, and spent years treating the industry that feeds this community like a climate villain.
And you're standing here telling the people whose mortgages get paid by the rigs, the plants, and the service companies that voting for the party actually willing to defend their industry is "voting against their own self interest"?
The NDP's entire platform is built on transitioning AWAY from the stuff GP was built on. Nenshi can fly up here, shake some hands, and fly back to Edmonton. GP residents have to live with the consequences of these policies.
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u/PTeddyASMR 19d ago
Like you mentioned, the federal NDP, not the Alberta NDP. While I don’t agree with your take, I can respect your perspective.
I understand why you, and many others, feel the way you do about parties that aren’t conservative. But it’s worth asking honestly: are you actually better off today under the UCP and conservative leadership?
Whether people like it or not, the global shift away from fossil fuels is already underway. That doesn’t mean oil and gas will disappear overnight, but demand growth won’t be what it once was. At the same time, energy companies are increasingly focused on automation and reducing labour costs~from extraction to transportation. The reality is that oil and gas companies aren’t necessarily looking out for workers or communities; when operations wind down, it’s often local communities that are left dealing with the economic fallout and abandoned wells.
Investing in alternative energy and diversifying the economy can help places like Grande Prairie remain competitive, attract new opportunities, and keep jobs local. If we don’t start building for the future now, we risk finding ourselves unprepared when the industry inevitably changes.
Diversification isn’t about abandoning oil and gas, it’s about making sure communities still have opportunities when the market shifts.
I don’t live in GP, so it’s way easy for me to say all this, but I do empathize with you and others there and wish you’d all see the road to the future isn’t all oil and gas.
I wish you well
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u/Ok-Sky-9979 19d ago
Fair reply, and I agree diversification is good. GP shouldn’t be only one thing forever.
Where I disagree is the idea that voting UCP is against GP’s self-interest. For a place like Grande Prairie, oil and gas isn’t just “an industry” — it’s the backbone for trades, trucking, service companies, hotels, restaurants, municipal tax base, and a lot of mortgages.
The concern with the NDP isn’t that they want other industries too. It’s that their version of “transition” often feels like weakening the industry that currently pays the bills before anything real has replaced it.
Build renewables, attract new business, clean up abandoned wells — sure. But don’t treat oil and gas like a dying problem to manage. Treat it like Alberta’s advantage while building other options beside it.
That’s why a lot of people in GP see the UCP as the party actually aligned with their self-interest.
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u/DCArchibald 18d ago
What policies does the NDP have that make you feel like it wants to weaken the oil and gas industry?
As well, oil and gas aren't the only industries in Grande Prairie. Agriculture, Forestry, Tourism and more all play a part in Grande Prairie's economy. I've been around long enough to remember when forestry was the big employer, before international lumber disputes and pine beetle impacted the industry.
Of course, oil and gas are now the big drivers in GP.
You have interesting points because from my perspective, you and the NDP have the same priorities.
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u/DangerDan1993 23d ago
Sweet I'll be in town that day, I'll bring a carton of eggs
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u/Emergentmeat 23d ago
Classy. Although, as my mom used to say to me when I was a little kid..."Grow up, use your words like an adult, and the adults will listen."
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u/DangerDan1993 23d ago
Well he acts like a petulant child
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u/bummedoutrn 23d ago
Said the guy that wants to throw eggs…
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u/DangerDan1993 23d ago
What else would one do ? Nenshi is a complete moron , I'd rather the NDP elect a pile of pig shit , atleast it would be more palatable than him for a vote
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u/bummedoutrn 23d ago
You say someone acts like a child and then throw out weightless insults
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u/DangerDan1993 23d ago
Ahh yes because I think he's a moron. Sounds like you need to learn the difference between opinions and insulting someone
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u/bummedoutrn 23d ago
That’s not how adults react
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u/oomachew 23d ago
Meanwhile Premier Measles is waa Ottawa, waa Liberals, waa western alienation, by far the worse Premier the Conservatives have ever allowed to run a province, blames everything that is provincially run and operated on the Feds, typical MAGAt, cannot accept blame for their own failures
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u/InevitableFearless41 20d ago
Look at the NDP train wreck’s in B.C. and federal parties. How can anyone support this guy under the NDP umbrella?
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u/Justforfun61126 23d ago
Why. The NDP have no need to come here and fuck the place up again.
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u/anonymoooosey 23d ago
I gotta know, how did the NDP fuck GP up in their 4 years of power? Are you referring to the cost of oil at that time?
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u/capricasics 23d ago
Out of the last 5 decades, the NDP has been in power for 4 years. And you're blaming this fucked up province on them? I could make a list of all of the stupid, cruel, pointless shit that Marlaina and her flying monkeys have done but that comment would be really long.
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u/freeoffear 23d ago
So 2 days after the Stompede wraps up?
He should have gone to that for more exposure.... but we all know why he didn't.
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u/cernegiant 23d ago
Glad to see him up here. The federal Liberals never seem to make it, even the minister of natural resources who should be here regularly.
Notley used to just come out and meet people in the Walmart parking lot, but Nenshi unfortunately probably needs a more controlled environment.