West of Centre

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Alberta is flush with cash and the new premier is spending it. Danielle Smith used her first province-wide TV address to announce direct payments to Albertans coping with inflation. She said she'd changed her mind on past controversial views as a radio host. Even her proposed "Sovereignty Act" is being rebranded. Kathleen Petty looks at whether Smith’s communications strategy is enough to shift her dropping poll numbers. Corey Hogan, who led communications for the Alberta government under two premiers, joins the conversation along with University of Calgary political scientist Lisa Young and Jason Markusoff, CBC Calgary's analysis and opinion producer.
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