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How Alberta Premier Danielle Smith outmaneuvered Justin Trudeau and Rachel Notley on the ‘just transition’ controversy

If you’ve ever wondered whether politics does indeed make for unlikely bedfellows, just take a peek under the covers in Alberta.

In the run-up to the provincial election this spring, Premier Danielle Smith is receiving a boost from two of the unlikeliest of sources: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley.

That’s not to say Trudeau and Notley are deliberately trying to help Smith, but it is exactly what’s happening.

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