Paranoid populism arrives in force

For anyone who might be pondering whether the scourge of mass disinformation threatening to destroy democracy in the United States would spill over into Canada, there’s no need to wonder anymore.

The open question is how much damage Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s anger-based paranoid populism will bring to Canadian society and governance, writes Les Whittington. Screenshot courtesy of CPAC

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

November 2, 2022

OTTAWA—Danielle Smith doesn’t just want to change the rules around government vaccine mandates to suit the anti-vaxxers who put her in power in Alberta. She wants revenge. Smith, who took office as premier on Oct. 11, plans to fire the 12-member Alberta Health Services (AHS) board because of th...

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