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Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated Alberta entered Confederation 100 years ago.

EDMONTON — Jason Kenney’s government delivered its first throne speech on Wednesday, setting the stage for the re-working of Alberta and its economy and the fulfilment of the United Conservative Party’s campaign promises.

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While the speech was shorter than in recent years, and avoided partisan attacks, in reality the new United Conservative government plans to spend the next several weeks undoing much of the previous NDP government’s work.

Speaking to a packed legislative chamber, and drawing on Alberta’s history — the province entered Confederation 114 years ago this September — Lt.-Gov. Lois Mitchell, opened with a paean to spring, “the season of renewal” that “arrives with an explosion of nature’s irrepressible energy.”

On that theme, she outlined the UCP government’s plan to renew Alberta and restore its place within confederation. Mitchell said Albertans “voted decisively for democratic and economic renewal” in bringing Kenney to the premier’s office, less than two years after he successfully united the province’s two right-wing political parties.