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The party currently holds 22 seats in the 87-seat Alberta legislature following the 2015 provincial general election, and has successfully taken official opposition status in the House of Assembly. However it faces an uphill battle against the very well entrenched Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta, which had governed the province from 1971 to its 2015 defeat by the Alberta New Democratic Party. Despite this, recent polls show the Wildrose Alliance ahead of the current ruling NDP in voter support.<ref>[http://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/poll-shows-honeymoon-over-for-ndp-notley-2 Poll shows 'honeymoon' over for NDP, Notley] at the ''Calgary Herald''</ref>

The party currently holds 22 seats in the 87-seat Alberta legislature following the 2015 provincial general election, and has successfully taken official opposition status in the House of Assembly. However it faces an uphill battle against the very well entrenched Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta, which had governed the province from 1971 to its 2015 defeat by the Alberta New Democratic Party. Despite this, recent polls show the Wildrose Alliance ahead of the current ruling NDP in voter support.<ref>[http://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/poll-shows-honeymoon-over-for-ndp-notley-2 Poll shows 'honeymoon' over for NDP, Notley] at the ''Calgary Herald''</ref>

Its policies call for lower taxes, more efficiency and less spending and push-back against the [[Justin Trudeau|Trudeau]] [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] government in Ottawa.  It condemns current Alberta NDP Premier [[Rachel Notley]] for her poor management of the province (including the imposition of a carbon tax on the public<ref>[http://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/majority-of-albertans-remain-opposed-to-ndps-carbon-tax-poll Majority of Albertans remain opposed to NDP's carbon tax: poll] at the ''Calgary Herald''</ref>), her embracing of [[social justice]] causes (including embracing "[[climate change]]" alarmism and attacks on the oil industry and the Alberta oilsands<ref>[http://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/braid-ndp-needs-to-heed-widespread-rejection-of-climate-change-plan Braid: NDP needs to heed widespread rejection of climate-change plan] at the ''Calgary Herald''</ref>) and the over $29.1 billion provincial deficit, which has nearly doubled under the NDP and is higher now than under any previous Alberta government.<ref>[http://www.debtclock.ca/provincial-debtclocks/alberta/ Alberta provincial debt clock]</ref>

Its policies call for lower taxes, more efficiency and less spending and push-back against the [[Justin Trudeau|Trudeau]] [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] government in Ottawa.  It condemns current Alberta NDP Premier [[Rachel Notley]] for her poor management of the province (including the imposition of a carbon tax on the public<ref>[http://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/majority-of-albertans-remain-opposed-to-ndps-carbon-tax-poll Majority of Albertans remain opposed to NDP's carbon tax: poll] at the ''Calgary Herald''</ref>), her embracing of [[social justice]] causes (including embracing "[[climate change]]" alarmism and attacks on the oil industry and the Alberta oilsands<ref>[http://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/braid-ndp-needs-to-heed-widespread-rejection-of-climate-change-plan Braid: NDP needs to heed widespread rejection of climate-change plan] at the ''Calgary Herald''</ref>) and the over $32 billion provincial deficit, which has more than doubled under the NDP and is higher now than under any previous Alberta government.<ref>[http://www.debtclock.ca/provincial-debtclocks/alberta/ Alberta provincial debt clock]</ref>

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