“Stuff” keeps coming up about the UCP candidates and there’s news on the leadership vote as well. But what we really want to talk about is the economy.

People are beginning to question Jason Kenney’s strategy for getting the pipeline approved. His plan to remove every environmental consideration that helped with the approval could put Trudeau in a nasty spot. How would he claim that Alberta is doing its part? How can he stand up for a pipeline from a province that is giving him, the environment, and the rest of Canada the finger?

It may be part of Kenney’s own plan to make Trudeau choose between Alberta and everyone else but are Albertans willing to be pawns in Kenney’s personal vendetta? Stay tuned.

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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean

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