Notley is surviving (at the moment) on tons of public debt.  $11B deficit for a province the size of Alberta equates to $90-100B annual deficit at the federal level.  Unsustainable.  How popular will she be in  Alberta when she finally has to make tough spending cuts instead of taxing even more?  It's easy to rule when you're spending like crazy, mortgaging the future for today.

People gave her the benefit of the doubt on the "carbon tax buys social license for pipelines" argument, but will remember this if there is no pipeline construction underway by the time the next election comes.  As it stands now, her biggest legacy in 2019 will be $73B in accumulated debt despite having raised taxes in the process.