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The 2019 provincial election campaign feels like it dragged on forever, and so the 2015 campaign really feels like a lifetime ago.

Despite that, most Albertans get the reference to “math is difficult” or “look in the mirror.” After over four decades of Tory rule, the signs of arrogance finally became too much to ignore, and by the 2015 election a very low tolerance for such attitudes had developed.

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How much of that has changed in the ensuing four years is unclear. The NDP didn’t find much in the way of forgiveness when they showed signs of arrogance in pushing ahead with certain policies or in the aftermath of controversies such as the “sewer rats” remark.

Despite being in a political honeymoon period, it’s a dangerous game for Alberta’s new government to test the patience of Albertans on this front so early and so blatantly. The added dash of hypocrisy and dishonesty we got from Premier Jason Kenney probably isn’t helping either.