"This time, the federal NDP has decided not to hold any of their leadership debates in Alberta, the only orange province in Confederation."

Too hilarious! The federal NDP is basically running against its only provincial government, and, in effect, seeking to replace it with a right wing government that will overturn the considerable climate change initiatives  the Alberta NDP  introduced, thus undermining Canada's efforts as well. . In this, the environmental left is following in the ignoble tradition of the radical German left when it decided to fight the rise of fascism by denouncing Social Democrats as "Social Fascists".   Just after Notley's victory, Gerald Caplan described  in the Globe in "A Very Canadian Coup"   how the right would conspire against Notley, as, he thought, it had against Rae in Ontario.  What he overlooked  was the role of his own party in the process. History doesn't just repeat itself, first as tragedy, then as farce. The farce repeats itself endlessly.