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Premier Kenney, please don’t pull the plug on earplugs.

You promised in the election campaign to restore civility to the legislature. Earplugs are getting the job done for Albertans.

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When earplugs were passed around by UCP jokers for this bold experiment, government MLAs appeared very jovial and jocular. They were enjoying themselves!

That’s because they couldn’t hear NDP MLAs calling them a bunch of undemocratic jerks.

They were deaf to claims that Bill 9 is illegal oppression of workers, or that Bill 8 takes rights away from LGBTQ kids.

With nothing to hear, who could get angry? The sudden civility was beautiful to see. Promise kept, Premier Kenney.

So successful was this initiative that I believe the government should legislate mandatory earplug use for every member of the legislature, UCP and NDP alike.

The only voice MLAs would hear faintly is new speaker, Nathan Cooper, who bellows like a moose on all occasions.