October 1st, 2020 - Alberta Legislature, Alberta Politics, Jason Kenney
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OPINION: Unwatchable Politics – Incivility in the legislature.
Once upon a time, politics in Alberta was such a relatively tame affair that the leader of the Opposition was kicked out of the legislative assembly for calling a cabinet minister a “mouse.” That was in 1991, when Liberal leader Laurence Decore used “unparliamentary” language to describe then-environment minister Ralph Klein.