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Jason Markusoff: Should the Alberta UCP leader prevail, it’s now fair to wonder where his ruthless impulse to crush will take him as premier
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Jason Markusoff
Jason Markusoff writes about Alberta, from the stubbornly flat parts to the magnificently bumpy bits. He has lived in Edmonton and (currently) Calgary, and spent 12 years reporting for the cities’ largest newspapers.
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