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We’re heading for a budget brawl in Alberta. On Oct 27, the NDP will release a plan many Albertans are sure to hate.

A new Mainstreet/Postmedia poll on Monday said 47 per cent of Albertans want cuts to programs and the public service to deal with a deficit that could hit $6.5 billion.

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And yet, the NDP insists that laying off workers will only expand the jobless rolls and deepen the crisis.

Premier Rachel Notley’s government is in a political jam, plagued by low oil prices and mired five percentage points behind the Wildrose in the polls.

The federal NDP is running a distant third in Alberta, well behind the Conservatives and Liberals.

We can forget about the Notley bounce. Outside Edmonton, it no longer exists.

And the budget is likely to make things worse.