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Premier Notley doesn't feel the heat while remaining confident many Albertans will see things her way

I remind the premier of that anger.

"I hear you communicating that to me. I will say it's not something I'm seeing day-to-day when I'm in the streets and talking to people," says Notley, adding there is "genuine frustration" over the economy.

"I'm not saying some people aren't. I'm sure some people are."

But, in Notley's way of thinking, even those souls could be brought her way after the carbon tax comes in next month and once her plan lifts up Alberta's sagging economy.

"I think what we'll likely see when they see how it actually impacts them and they see the economic turnaround this plan is going to facilitate they'll come out the other side."

"When they see what it actually looks like they will see it's nowhere nearly as bad as they believe."

"I think we need to focus less on name-calling and that kind of thing. What we need to focus instead on are the facts," says the premier.

"We just have to listen. We have our conversations, our political debates based on facts and evidence. No personalization. Not name-calling."

What does Notley mean by facts?

Take an example. In 2017 the carbon tax at the gas pump will be 4.49 cents a litre. In 2018 it will 6.73 cents a litre.

Notley says the difference in the price of gas between stations in the same city on the same day is bigger than the amount of the carbon tax.

Day over day, the ups and downs in the price at the pump is "way bigger" than the carbon tax.

Notley says she doesn't think a lot of her government's popularity.

"I've been elected to govern. I haven't been elected to spend four years campaigning. And what I'm doing is governing."

http://www.calgarysun.com/2016/12/16...things-her-way