Braid: Nenshi says NDP ready to crush government, dares UCP to call early vote 'Let's never forget, this is the smallest majority Alberta has ever had. If any of the recalls are successful, it's going to destabilize their government in a very big way'

'Let's never forget, this is the smallest majority Alberta has ever had. If any of the recalls are successful, it's going to destabilize their government in a very big way'

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Bring it on, Naheed Nenshi dares the UCP. Call an early election.

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The NDP leader feels the government is ripe for an almighty defeat.

Scheduled timing for a provincial vote is fall 2027, but rumours have flown for months about an early call.

Premier Danielle Smith said recently she’ll stick with the official date. Nenshi isn’t buying it.

“In the Opposition, we’re ready if they call an election in spring,” he said in a year-end interview.

“We’ll go if they call in the fall, we’ll go if they wait until 2027.

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“Let’s never forget, this is the smallest majority Alberta has ever had. If any of the recalls are successful, it’s going to destabilize their government in a very big way.”

Smith’s UCP currently holds 47 seats and the NDP has 38.

Two former UCP members — Peter Guthrie and Scott Sinclair — could vote against the government in a confidence matter.

That’s why the recall movement across the province is a much bigger deal than the UCP lets on, Nenshi argues.

Currently, 26 official recall movements are afoot —

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