Rachel Notley uttered the absolute funniest comment about Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s “firewall” speech delivered at a conference in the central Alberta city of Red Deer on the weekend. The New Democrat opposition leader and former premier accused Kenney of “’intentionally stoking the fires of western alienation.”
As if western alienation weren’t wide and deep even before Kenney opened his mouth. And as if Notley’s own kiss-and-make-nice approach to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the federal Liberal government had reaped so many benefits for Alberta – like, um, none.
Kenney announced the appointment of a panel of distinguished Albertans to study what measures the province might consider doing two things: First, shelter Alberta (and especially its economy) from the hostile actions and inactions of the Trudeau government and, second, to wake up the feds to what Albertans truly want from Confederation.
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