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Buoyed by the New Democratic Party’s historic victory in Alberta, federal NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair said Friday that Canadians are ready to vote in a majority NDP government in this fall’s election.

“It’s not just in Quebec that the people want change,” Mulcair told a cheering crowd of more than 1,500 party supporters in Montreal, many wearing orange T-shirts.

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Noting the NDP’s breakthrough on Tuesday in traditionally Conservative Alberta, Mulcair added: “When Canadians have a thirst for true change, they turn to the NDP.”

Under the leadership of the late Jack Layton, the NDP won Official Opposition status in the House of Commons in 2011. Quebecers played a crucial role in the NDP’s “orange wave” victory, electing 59 MPs in the province, 57 of whom were rookies.

“In 2011, everyone said we stood no chance in Quebec,” Mulcair told supporters who gathered in the Palais des congrès.

“They said we wouldn’t be able to pierce through in Alberta. (But) the NDP has just formed the government” in Alberta. “And now they’re saying we still can’t win at the federal level. Let’s wait to see on Oct. 19!”