So the Notley crew met for the first time yesterday. We’ve seen this play before when Smilin’ Jack’s orange crush moved through Quebec creating the NDP official opposition in Ottawa. But its one thing to be in charge of being a thorn in the side of the Harper government and quite another thing to be in charge of one of the economic dynamos of the Canadian economy.
We’ve got friends with a business outside Calgary. One of the partners is shell shocked. The other is in denial. Nobody thought this could happen in Alberta. But it did and ultimately the people get the government they deserve.
As the big zero has demonstrated south of the border, a government dedicated to tearing down business can do an incredible amount of damage in just four years. This is one time when we can hope for a resilient bureaucracy that is smart enough to wait out the amateur act that is about to unleash itself in Edmonton.
Four years because, if Albertans re-elect the socialists, then they deserve everything they get. Fool me once – shame on you. Fool me twice – shame on me.
Meanwhile in Saskatchewan what’s bad for Alberta won’t be all bad for us. We can count on at least a few head office relocations from Calgary to Saskatoon. Saskatchewan’s star has been rising for a while now – the eclipse in Alberta will only make it easy to see.
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