NDP sees Edmonton as a New Democrat city, aims to win more seats in Albertas capital [Video]

When Albertans cast their ballots in this spring’s federal election, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh wants voters in the traditionally conservative-leaning province to believe his party has the best chance at competing against the Conservative Party of Canada, which at dissolution held 30 of 34 seats in Alberta.

Singh was speaking at a campaign rally at a community centre in the Edmonton Centre riding on Tuesday, where he promised that if the NDP form government, he would protect Canada’s public health-care system by banning American companies from buying Canadian health-care facilities and broadly taking steps to prevent the emergence of for-profit care in the country.

Singh expressed optimism about his party’s prospects in Alberta this election, reminding attendees of how the NDP pulled off an upset in a north Edmonton riding in the 2021 election.

“Here in Edmonton, people thought … ‘No way that Blake (Desjarlais) can win in Edmonton Griesbach.’ (But) Blake Desjarlais beat a Conservative,” Singh told the crowd. …