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Hostile Alberta Overthrows the Feds, Silences Press.
2024-02-22 9:30 AM
This morning, upon entering the Fed-Prov conference, the Western Press was specifically kicked out of almost all ministry meetings. As Fed-Prov is an exercise in democracy, this blatantly targeted and undemocratic silencing of the Western perspective over what was a publically rectified miscommunication is incredibly disappointing. Once again the Federal Government's lack of control and assertiveness is seen in the unorganized allocation of time. An anonymous source in the First Ministers’ meeting tells us that the premier of Newfoundland and Labrador was allocated a great amount of time to talk about budget increases although the subject was supposed to be “not open for discussion.” This situation happened yesterday as well, when Québec was allotted too much time to talk about the Charlottetown Accords, even having time to facilitate a vote on it despite it not being on the agenda. We, the Western Press, believe that this situation is way out of hand, and it's time for Alberta to put their big-boy pants on. As always, we believe in empowering Western perspectives, and thus urge the Premier of Alberta to live up to his leadership position and discuss this issue with us, rather than silencing us.