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During his rousing victory speech Tuesday night marking the United Conservative Party’s majority mandate, premier designate Jason Kenney talked about Vivian Krause and her research.

While he didn’t mention Krause by name — just hearing Kenney mention the concerted U.S.-funded campaign to landlock Alberta oil — was like hitting the release valve on a pressure cooker.

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Finally, the lies that have been spread about Alberta’s world-leading, ethical energy industry over the past decade were mentioned for the first time by a Canadian premier on a national stage.

So intense was the pressure, that Krause’s 26-year-old daughter, Zoe, burst into tears when she heard an excerpt of Kenney’s speech Thursday night during Krause’s visit to Toronto, where she was speaking.

“I’m sitting here with my daughter … I had not seen Kenney’s speech until five minutes before you called and I’m sitting here on my daughter’s bed in her apartment and she burst into tears because this is what she grew up with,” explained Krause.