Feds have to fight comms with comms to tackle Alberta alienation problem

It is one thing for the Liberals to have won the election. It is another thing to confront the onslaught of misinformation that is being fed to Albertans regularly by their own government.

If the federal Liberal government, led by Mark Carney, left, wants to fight Albertan alienation, it must invest in a daily communications presence in the province to counter the messaging from Premier Danielle Smith's government, writes Sheila Copps.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

July 14, 2025

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