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Not so progressive: Trump-style politics seep into Alberta
Not so progressive: Trump-style politics seep into Albertaby Gary Mason at the Globe & Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com//opinion/not-so-progressive-trump-style-politics-seep-into-alberta/article32904835/?cmpid=rss1&click=sf_globe
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Politics in Alberta is not showing well these days. In fact, the situation is about as ugly and disturbing as you’ll find anywhere in the country.
The Progressive Conservatives are in the midst of a nasty, divisive leadership race. There were six candidates, including two women, but both of them recently dropped out.
Donna Kennedy-Glans packed it in after determining there was no appetite for her centrist message.
Meantime, PC MLA Sandra Jansen walked away because of what she describes as a relentless torrent of misogynistic-laced harassment and abuse. And on Thursday, she crossed the floor to sit with the NDP, telling a news conference that “extremists” had taken over her former party.
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