Déjà vu all over again?

On May 29, Alberta voters will be mystified about the version of Danielle Smith that will take charge if elected. Will it be the fire-breathing Smith of the UCP leadership campaign or Smith 2.0 who will gracefully accept federal assistance during wildfires, a cooperative member of the Canadian family?

Albertans will walk into polling booths on May 29 uncertain what their future holds if they vote UCP. Danielle Smith’s most ardent supporters will wonder if she has evolved beyond their comfort zone, and her lukewarm voters will wonder if they should risk a re-emergence of the firebrand that lurks beneath the surface, writes Doreen Barrie. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DOREEN BARRIE

May 24, 2023

CALGARY—Alberta was the class clown of Confederation during the Depression, and once again, Canadians elsewhere are baffled at what is unfolding in the province. Whoa! Picking and choosing which federal laws and judicial decisions to enforce, interfering in the judicial pr...

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