From: brewnoser2@gmail.com   
      
    . . . . Again.   
   Doesn't matter whether it's Mad Cow, floods, wildfires, or falling oil   
   revenues, the Alberta government - no matter under which Conservative - is   
   first to stand in line for a bailout or handout from the federal government   
   (ie: us, the taxpayers of Canada)   
   .   
      
   Here he is again, that insufferable pseudo Premier, demanding that we send his   
   province more money because he continues to refuse enacting measures which   
   would curb covid-19 transmission in Alberta. . . . . 'for protecting   
   businesses and the economy',    
   you see . . . .   
      
   But when his province starts to wonder what the hell this leader is supposed   
   to be leading in, this is how he responds to the criticisms and tries to push   
   his 'economy sensitive' province to the fore-front:   
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   Anand said she is hopeful Canada will start getting vaccine shipments as soon   
   as January and downplayed comments by Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, who   
   earlier this week said his province had been assured shipments would start   
   arriving by Jan. 4.   
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   Published on Dec 3, 2020 iPolitics   
      
   Kenney’s optimistic vaccine announcement designed to placate disgruntled   
   Albertans   
      
   Here’s the good news for Albertans: Premier Jason Kenney has full confidence   
   in the federal government getting the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines to his   
   province by Jan. 4.   
      
   And here’s bad news for Albertans: that date is still a month away for a   
   province enduring such a huge surge in the number of cases that it’s   
   reaching out to the Red Cross to possibly set up field hospitals.   
      
   More bad news: even if the vaccines are approved and delivered as scheduled,   
   the first batch will only cover about 435,000 people, or about 10 per cent of   
   the population, in the first three months of the new year. The majority of   
   Albertans will have to    
   wait until the summer to get their two rounds of shots. The pandemic is not   
   about to magically disappear in January.   
      
   During a news conference on Wednesday to announce the vaccine rollout, Kenney   
   acknowledged the province still has a long way to go but at least “there’s   
   light at the end of the tunnel.”   
      
   Undoubtedly, Albertans, and everyone else in the world, are desperate for some   
   good news on the gloomy pandemic front.   
      
   Kenney might be jumping the gun on the good news but it’s the only good news   
   he’s got – and he’s happy to pull the trigger even if the vaccine   
   hasn’t been approved by federal health officials. And even if his friend and   
   political ally, federal    
   Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole, is skeptical of the Liberal government’s   
   ability to deliver on its vaccine promises.   
      
   For Kenney, this is also a tacit way of defending, while also deflecting   
   attention away from, his refusal to introduce the kind of wide-sweeping   
   COVID-restrictions seen in other provinces. Kenney is assuring Albertans that   
   help is on the way and as long    
   as they obey the “minimal” restrictions he’s introduced everything will   
   be fine.   
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