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Alberta's newly minted UCP cabinet will need to lead Premier Smith | CBC

Published: 22 November 2022

October 26, 2022 | In the opinion column by Prof Ken Boessenkool, he  highlighted how the head of lettuce is connected to Alberta's new cabinet. The first 10 days of Danielle Smith's premiership in Alberta overlapped with the final 10 days of Liz Truss, former British Prime Minister. The end of Truss and the beginning of Smith felt so similar.

"Smith needed to demonstrate stability to counter a steady diet of clarifications and abject apologies for saying things well outside of the mainstream. And these apologies weren't for the indiscretions of her youth." says Prof Boessenkool. He ends the opinion column by summarizing her ideas and stating that Albertans need this cabinet to lead this primer. If they don't, beside a single head of wilting lettuce will be 26 more. 

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