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Originally Posted by chemgear

http://calgaryherald.com/opinion/col...-to-stand-tall

Rachel Notley needs to get out of bed early one morning, lock herself in the bathroom, look in the mirror, and repeat, “I am premier of Alberta,” as many times as necessary until she actually believes it.

Because at the moment, she’s still stuck with the mindset of being the NDP head honcho, rather than the person ultimately standing on guard for all Albertans. And, if she can persuade herself she bears that mantle, then her first act as leader should be to boot that $10-billion-embarrassment of a provincial treasurer and give him a cabinet post more befitting his talents — Minister Responsible for the Status of Big Horn Sheep, perhaps.

And in return, what does Notley do? She nips off to Ontario to have a glad-handing session with provincial NDP supporters — all happily shelling out $10,000 to see this modern-day Nero with an updated carbon plan and a willingness to let the rest of Canada enjoy the bonfire.

Enough as well with the social engineering grandstanding, which sees heavily pregnant women promoted to cabinet. For goodness sake, the status of women in this province right now is exactly the same as the status of men — unemployed.

Meanwhile, as the pink slips keep coming, the very idea that it’s time to rein in spending and roll back provincial salaries — yes, including those sainted nurses and teachers whose pay scales are the envy of the rest of their Canadian colleagues — is treated with incredulity by Notley’s happy campers.

Before that however, we need to find ourselves a premier willing to stand and fight, tooth and nail, night and day with everyone and everything standing in Alberta’s way. Perhaps that person does exist in Notley’s mirror. For all our sakes, let’s hope so.

You know, it'd be a lot easier to take the opposition seriously if there were ever any constructive criticism or alternative ideas proposed. Instead we get a bunch of "adults" throwing temper tantrums. I'm fully on board with going after the NDP for their failures, but how about establishing yourself as a viable alternative. Where is the WRP's shadow budget? What are their plans for fixing unemployment in the province? How about the PCs? The only party that actually seems to be putting out alternatives is the Alberta Party.

I guess if oil doesn't recover at least there will be a booming salt industry to fall back on.