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Danielle Smith's Neocon Budget

The Alberta premier's newfound free-spending ways reflects a broader tension in modern right-wing political thought.

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Jeremy Appel
Mar 01, 2023
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. (Facebook/Danielle Smith)

Flush with a record $27.5 billion in oil and gas revenue resulting from sky high energy prices, Premier Danielle Smith unveiled her free-spending inaugural budget on Feb. 28, lavishing funds on some of Smith’s favourite initiatives, and then some. 

While it would be easy to dismiss the 2023 budget …

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