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The premier spends $24,000 on a six-day trip to Central Canada and the U.S., promoting investment in Alberta.

Immediately, the slamming begins.

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The Opposition says it’s “nothing more than a political vanity trip . . .

“Albertans want the premier to be more visible here at home right now, talking up industry and having a plan to save the economy and the jobs that are being laid off.”

The premier in question is not Jason Kenney. It was Rachel Notley, when she was about to embark on her first big trip outside the province in 2015. The scold was from Wildrose leader Brian Jean.

Today, Kenney is being similarly savaged for his trip to Quebec and Washington, where he arrived on Thursday.

He is the Penthouse Premier, the phoney cowboy. Even his hands (too smooth to have ever done a day’s work) come in for hostile examination. His travels are a daily bonfire on Twitter.

The blasts at Notley came from the right. Kenney’s are launched from the left.