Brooks Arcand-Paul is running for the Alberta NDP nomination in Edmonton-West Henday.
Arcand-Paul launched his candidacy in the west Edmonton riding the day after two-term MLA Jon Carson announced he would not run for re-election.
“Albertans deserve leaders who care about people, Arcand-Paul said in a statement.
“The NDP have a proven record that they really care about all people. The last few years have presented our communities with unprecedented challenges, and the UCP government has failed us at every turn. It’s time for government to work for all Albertans, rather than against them. From rising insurance and utility rates, cuts to education and healthcare, we cannot afford another UCP term. ”
Arcand-Paul is the in-house legal counsel for the Alexander First Nation, located about a 25-minute drive northwest of Edmonton, and Vice President of the Indigenous Bar Association.
His launch event included endorsements from Edmonton-Griesbach MP Blake Desjarlais, former Edmonton-Strathcona MP Linda Duncan and Edmonton-Rutherford NDP nomination candidate Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse.
The date for a nomination meeting has not yet been announced.
The battle for Calgary heating up
The NDP need to sweep Alberta’s largest city if they want to win the next election, and vulnerable Calgary United Conservative Party MLAs know it. Rachel Notley has been spending a lot of time in Calgary and NDP MLAs have been spending nearly every spare minute knocking on doors in the city.
A group of UCP MLAs were spotted door-knocking in Calgary-Klein to support first-term UCP MLA Jeremy Nixon, who is facing a strong challenge from NDP candidate Marilyn North Peigan.
Calgary-Currie MLA Nicholas Milliken, Calgary-Edgemont MLA Prasad Panda, Calgary-Beddington MLA Josephine Pon, and Calgary-East MLA Peter Singh were on the doors this weekend with Nixon and party volunteers.
The NDP held a similar door-knocking blitz in the riding with MLAs and dozens of volunteers earlier in the year.
Meanwhile, Edmonton-Whitemud NDP MLA Rakhi Pancholi was recently doorknocking with NDP candidate Julia Hayter in Calgary-Edgemont, and Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood MLA Janis Irwin was busy campaigning with Rosman Valencia in Calgary-East.
And Notley was in Calgary for Druh Farrell’s nomination meeting in Calgary-Bow and to join Calgary-Falconridge candidate Parmeet Singh Boparai and Calgary-Bhullar-McCall MLA Irfan Sabir at Nagar Kirtan celebrations.
Upcoming nomination meetings
- Edmonton-North West NDP: May 18, 2022
- Calgary-Acadia NDP: May 26, 2022
- Edmonton-Meadows NDP: May 28, 2022
- Edmonton-Rutherford NDP: May 28, 2022
- Brooks-Medicine Hat AP: May 25, 2022
- Calgary-Elbow AP: May 29, 2022
- Airdrie-Cochrane NDP: May 30, 2022
- Edmonton-Riverview NDP: June 7, 2022
- Edmonton-McClung NDP: June 8, 2022
- Strathcona-Sherwood Park NDP: June 9, 2022
- Edmonton-South West NDP: June 18, 2022
- Edmonton-Decore NDP: June 25, 2022
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3 replies on “Brooks Arcand-Paul running for NDP nomination in Edmonton-West Henday, UCP MLAs rally for Jeremy Nixon in Calgary-Klein”
“Albertans deserve leaders who care about people, Arcand-Paul said in a statement.”
You see thats the trick. Big totalitarian loving groups like the NDP think big government means you care.
However, the milk of human kindness doesnt come from big government. Its comes from individuals who actually care.
And those individuals produce for their society when they have opportunity.
Big government is the dearth of opportunity.
I’ll take real care over fake care.
Bret Larson: If you need to see what a big government looks like, look no further than the UCP.
https://counselpa.com/insight/the-new-players-in-the-alberta-government/
https://daveberta.ca/2019/05/working-under-the-dome-a-look-at-some-political-staffers-hired-to-work-for-albertas-new-ucp-government/
https://daveberta.ca/2020/07/ucp-political-appointments-racking-up-in-albertas-agencies-boards-and-commissions/
In addition to all this, don’t forget the Blue Ribbon Panel’s town hall meetings, where the generously paid conservative and Reform friends of the UCP were put, to pretend to listen to the concerns of the people.
https://daveberta.ca/2019/12/separatist-open-mic-night-alberta/
By a wide margin, the UCP have a larger government.
You havent convinced me the UCP endorse bigger government then the NDP.