EDMONTON — Only a fool would believe that Alberta’s new premier, Danielle Smith, only appeals to malcontents blindly raging at intrusive COVID policies and Justin Trudeau. That is certainly part of her base — the new United Conservative Party leader actively courted separatists and vaccine refusers — but the anger Smith has so expertly marshalled to her side is the same resentment that the man she is replacing, Jason Kenney, rode to electoral victory just three-and-a-half years ago.
