Alberta: stepping backward into the present
1. Alberta elects its first female premier. 2. The news is greeted with a cry of "Congrats on joining the 20th century, ya yokels!" 3. The new premier, who had been one of seven women in the Alberta cabinet, promptly ejects five of the other six and adds only one, while carefully looking after powerful senior males who opposed her campaign with tooth and claw. 4. Response from out East? "Look at all these young, fresh faces!" 5. FACEPALM
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