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I’d like to use my column today to directly address members of Alberta’s Wildrose caucus.

Everyone else can take a break. Grab a coffee, stretch your legs, turn to the comics page. At least there you’ll get a chuckle.

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Today’s topic is no laughing matter.

Hello Wildrose MLAs.

I have a message for you: “Man-made climate change is real and we need to tackle it head-on.”

That quote, by the way, is not from me but from your leader, Brian Jean, who said it during the 2015 provincial election.

You might want to copy the quote, laminate it and sticky-tape it to your sleeve for the next time you’re asked by a reporter if you think man-made climate change is real.

Jean’s response is much better than the one given this week by Wildrose MLA Don MacIntyre who said, when asked by a reporter Thursday about his party’s reputation for climate change denial, “Climate change is a reality. It’s been a reality ever since this world was first spit out into orbit.”