ANALYSIS | Red ripple in blue Calgary? Liberals eye record gains in Conservative stronghold | CBC News
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A veteran political organizer in Calgary asked Lindsay Luhnau if she'd consider running for the Liberals last fall.It was an easy "no thanks" for Luhnau, director of a local investment co-operative — Justin Trudeau's party was polling miles behind the Conservatives, and the leader's name was mud nationwide, let alone in blue Alberta's biggest city.Then in March, after Mark Carney became Liberal leader, Luhnau reached out to the politico again. Was it too late to get her nomination papers in, after all?"This was not really a winning proposition six months ago," the Calgary Centre candidate said, as she canvassed blocks in a Marda Loop neighbourhood dominated by red signs bearing her name. This part of the riding went Conservative by almost20 points in the last election.With the Liberals hugging onto a national polling lead that defies their previously dismal odds, the party is now campaigning with hopes of achieving the unprecedented and once-unthinkable.Four red seats in Calgary.Luhnau...