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Originally Posted by Makarov

It's very disappointing that Notley's pretty tame suggestion that encouraging people to walk and take transit more for local trips is a policy goal can inspire this kind of vitriol.

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Premier Notley doesn't take the bus after a federal-provincial meeting and Wildrose's Brian Jean slams her as 'hypocrite'

Earlier this month, Premier Notley went to Ottawa and attended a working dinner with the other premiers and Prime Minister Trudeau on the subject of dollars for health care.

Bus transport was made available for the premiers following the dinner and after a day where earlier chatter was all about the virtue of fighting climate change.

Jean says he found out when the dinner meeting concluded Notley did not take the bus. There was room for all, including security, he'd been told.

But Notley didn't take the bus, an actual bus.

Instead, she got into an SUV with her officials. This is confirmed by the premier's people.

"I do think she's a hypocrite," says Jean.

"She's the one pounding the drum for something she says is very, very important. She expects us to do it but doesn't expect herself to lead by example."

"The premier's expectation is for other people to solve the problem while she has the opportunity to lead by example but won't."

The Wildrose leader mentions Notley skipping out on the bus happened soon after the premier said the carbon tax "actually is a tremendous opportunity to make better choices."

"The premier is not required to make better choices. She can make any choice she wants and she does. She lives the way she wants to live at the expense of taxpayers. She's not the one being told to make better choices," says Jean.

A year ago, Notley said government deep thinkers were looking at its fleet of vehicles "to reduce their cost and to enhance the environmental integrity."

A year later, nothing has been announced.

Then, this week, Notley said as the price of gas goes up at the pump because of the carbon tax it's not just about having "a more efficient vehicle."

"It could sometimes be a question of taking the bus, walking ..."

This also enraged readers.

"People will get angrier as time goes on and events show she's talking the talk but not walking the walk. Angrier than they are already," says Jean.

"They resent people being hypocritical about something that actually takes money out of their pockets."

http://www.calgarysun.com/2016/12/15...as-a-hypocrite