PC legacy a political football
Klein years in focus as ex-premier's wife takes Wildrose membership
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Redford was reportedly critical of Ralph. Some who attended were steamed at what she said.
On March 27, day two of the election campaign, hearing of the discontent, your scribbler asked Redford about the event and what she said at it.
The premier mentioned how Ralph paid off the province’s debt “at a very accelerated pace” and “as a result of that, we got behind on infrastructure spending.”
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Then it is reported Colleen Klein was saddened over the questioning of Ralph’s legacy.
Redford plays defence Monday morning.
Her team puts out a statement saying Ralph’s decisions were fine for the 1990s but not now.
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But she also tries to sweeten the sentiment.
“We can all be very proud of the fact we are in a very strong fiscal position and there’s no doubt it’s because of the choices he made, which were certainly not easy choices.”
But wait. A videotape comes our way.
It’s of Redford at a forum for teachers when she ran for Tory leader.
Redford tells the teachers Alberta can’t look back to Ralph’s time in government and refers to times where governments “haven’t had sufficiently progressive values” and “we still have the legacies of those decisions and we can’t let that happen again.”
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