It was barely half a year ago when UCP Leader Danielle Smith proclaimed: “We need less Ottawa in our lives.”
NDP Leader Rachel Notley spoke about her “frustrations” and the “legitimate concerns” with the feds last fall, too.
Those familiar Alberta battle cries have fallen almost completely silent in this provincial election, in favour of a focus on affordability and health care.
When the public is focused on economic and energy development, polling shows there’s a greater appetite for a fight.
But the trends from the last election that oxygenated anti-Ottawa sentiment haven’t repeated themselves in this campaign. High costs of living and anxiety
