Alberta election will provide insight into Canadian tolerance for extremism

The Alberta race is a potential watershed for Canadians, many of whom seem ready to give the kind of anger-based, hateful politics flourishing in the U.S. a try.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith might not support all or any of the authoritarian policies of the Republicans in the U.S., but she would still be right at home politically with many of these legislators, writes Les Whittington.

OTTAWA—After a decade of the pursuit of power in the United States Congress and the White House, the right-wing revolution in America is now picking up new momentum at the state level, where extremist authoritarian rule-making that once would have been considered totally o...

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