Last year, Alberta's New Democrats voted overwhelmingly to make membership in the federal party optional.
Many thousands of our provincial members, including myself, are not members of the federal party.
We are a big tent and welcome the support of people who vote for every federal party. /2
Let’s look at the numbers:
Alberta NDP (2023):
777K votes (44%)
Federal NDP in Alberta (2025): 143K votes (6%)
That’s a 5x difference. In the same province. The largest gap in the country.
For all the talk of the ANDP needing to break away from the federal party, most of their voters have.