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It is important to point out that delegates did not actually adopt the manifesto itself.

But what they did, as far as Notley’s political survival is concerned, was arguably much worse.

They supported a motion to have the manifesto debated at the local constituency level leading up to the federal NDP’s convention in 2018. That means this controversial issue will fester inside the party for the next two years and could explode just ahead of Alberta’s provincial election in 2019.

At the very least, for the next two years Notley’s political opponents will argue that New Democrats are debating an agenda to shut down Alberta’s oil industry.

Heck, within minutes of the convention vote Sunday morning, Wildrose leader Brian Jean issued a news release saying Notley “wasn’t able to get her own party’s delegates, in her home city, to drop their opposition to getting Alberta’s resources to market.”

They might argue they’re not adopting the Leap Manifesto, merely talking about it, but that nicety will be lost in the anti-NDP rhetoric about to be unleashed upon Notley.

Convention delegates opposed to the manifesto say it might yet be rejected by NDP constituency members across Canada.

Perhaps. It’s a big unknown. What we know for sure is that federal NDP delegates are tone-deaf when it comes to Alberta politics.

They cheered Notley’s speech on Saturday when she recounted her election victory last year and when she talked about raising the minimum wage, investing billions of dollars in infrastructure programs and introducing a climate change plan. Their enthusiasm waned when she talked about pipelines.