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Colby Cosh: What Alberta conservatives can learn from their B.C. brethren

Thanks to David Eby, the correct position for an ordinary Albertan who doesn’t want an NDP government has become obvious

EDMONTON — It was certainly a busy week in Western politics, between Alberta’s consultative provincial referendum and B.C.’s general election. Saturday’s landslide victory for B.C.’s ad-hoc Conservative coalition will provide a powerful beacon of hope for small-c conservative politicians across Canada, after a difficult year, and the engineers of Lorne Doerkson’s campaign will be in high demand. 

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People who know more about B.C. will have a lot to say about that result in all the newspapers, and they’re well represented in the Post’s pages. So indulge me by letting me talk about what the Alberta pro-federalist vote and the B.C. vote mean as a combined phenomenon. 

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