What were they thinking up in Edmonton, in those cozy corridors of power?

What could possibly have been going through their minds?

We don’t know. They’re not talking.

But, on Tuesday, we waited.

We waited thinking the UCP government led by Premier Danielle Smith would pull a U-turn before they got too far down the road where austerity is something that most often happens to lower-income souls.

We waited hoping the UCP government led by Premier Danielle Smith would take a page out of the playbook of former premier Ralph Klein.

You know, step forward and tell Albertans they’d screwed up.

They got it wrong. They’d make it right. No big deal, just a little humility.

After all, they’d broken a key rule of politics.

You go after the fat cats before you go after the skinny cats.

Besides, the Smith government was off their own script.

They often talk about the importance of things being affordable.

Who needs things to be affordable more than those who have the least?

They also talk about the Alberta Advantage for everyone.

For some, the Alberta Advantage is making the kind of dough you need to buy that vacation home in Kelowna.

For others, the Alberta Advantage is being poor and getting to ride the bus or train at a reduced fare with the help of the provincial government.

That is, until now.

You see, the Smith government........

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