Incredibly uniformed comment. Most people in Alberta (obviously can't speak for all of us) understand that the drop in oil prices had nothing to do with the NDP (or Canada for that matter), the issue is that we've now recovered from $27/barrel to $50/barrel, which is likely where we'll be for the next few years, and the NDP are still planning on running huge deficits. If you're at a stable income but are constantly in the red, then you have a spending problem. For all of the Conservative waste that occurred in the last decade or so at least they were in the black. Obviously they were helped by high oil prices but it's one thing to spend when you have extra money, it's another when it's pushing you further into the hole.