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As Alberta Turns: The greatest soap opera in Canada

Liberal government planned to eliminate 2.7 million energy jobs across the country, including more than 180,000 in her province. She actually tweeted this out, doubtless to the alarm of many of her citizens.What Ms. Smith was talking about was a briefing package for Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson from last June.

“Albertans aren’t going to sit back and be devastated again by yet another Trudeau,” Ms. Smith said, in reference to the hated National Energy Program that was brought in by the Prime Minister’s father, Pierre Trudeau, only to be ended after being loudly protested by Alberta’s then-premier, Peter Lougheed.

Doesn’t matter. There is a provincial election coming, and the best way for the gaffe-prone Ms. Smith to win is to stoke fear in the hearts of Albertans.

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