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There’s a looming chaos at the legislature, as a generation of aides and officials anticipate layoff notices and whole new lives beyond the government cocoon. Some cry their hearts out over the death of the regime that raised and fed them.

Premier Jim Prentice’s chief of staff, Mike Percy, sent out a note Wednesday reminding employees they have an ethical duty to help with the transition to the new NDP government.

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Premier-elect Rachel Notley will speak to the lieutenant-governor in a day or so. There will be a waiting period while election results are finalized. It could take as long as two weeks for Notley to be sworn in.

Alberta’s machinery for this kind of change hasn’t been oiled in nearly 44 years. It’s creaky, but it will function.

The delay isn’t a bad thing for Notley, because she has a thousand decisions to make — about cabinet, a budget and how to handle her more eccentric caucus members.