The West Block – Episode 3, Season 12
Mercedes Stephenson:
You know you track Putin so closely. You know the inside of the regime. You think often about his mindset and his strategy. It seems like perhaps the grand chess master here has vastly underestimated what would happen when he brought a draft in and started conscripting people, giving them equipment that looks ancient from what we’re seeing on social media, very little training. We’ve seen some pushback. We have seen recruiting stations lit on fire. We’ve seen some protests in the street.
Former Wildrose leader Danielle Smith is widely seen as the frontrunner, and her proposed Alberta Sovereignty Act has been a flashpoint in the campaign. The bill would actually allow the Alberta Legislature, in theory, to ignore federal laws deemed to be against the province’s interests. Critics have slammed the idea, including outgoing premier Jason Kenney, who said it would turn Alberta into a ‘banana republic.
You know, it’s funny, as a pollster, I poll the general population. And as I said, it’s only a small segment of the population that’s participating in this leadership race. And what I see in my polling is a huge gap between what the average Albertan says they care about and what they’re talking about in this race. So when you ask people what’s important, the number one thing they say is inflation and cost of living. It’s the same across the country.
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