"Say what you might about Mr. Kenney's ideology – and there are many moderate conservatives who intensely dislike the man and find his views scary "

And rightly so.....the man is a far right lunatic.

Having said that, who cares. Alberta seems to "fall in love" with these inexplicably shallow specimens every so often, and/but if that is what the good people of Alberta think/feel will get them out an economic mess they are in at this time, well, good for them.

Now (pay attention Gents), there will be no pipelines to  "tidewater" unless the oil corporations are willing to PAY for "land used", there will be no re-calibration of the Equalization formula unless federal  subsidies to the Alberta oil sands/Alberta's farmers are included, and there sure as hell will be no retraction/going back on Canada's Carbon Tax/the environment.

So Gentlemen/Jason, enjoy the "day", you may find that the week, month, year are not as enjoyable.

Good luck Jason, you'll need it ...........
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