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'We feel pretty betrayed': Rift emerges between two Calgary political parties

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A Better Calgary ( ABC) Party claims Communities First breached a co-operation agreement to not field candidates in the same wards.

ABC says the agreement was meant to avoid a conservative vote split.

The Alberta government amended two pieces of legislation in 2024 to allow for political parties in Calgary and Edmonton , on a pilot basis.

The municipal election will take place Oct. 20 .

ABC has been upstaged by Communities First among the conservative faction in Calgary .

Political science professor Duane Bratt says ABC has no incumbent members of council.

Communities First is upstaging ABC , Bratt argues, considering it has no incumbents.

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