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Carbon Tax? Nope.

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Jobs? The economy? Getting a fair deal for Alberta, the much-milked but often-despised milk cow of Confederation?

All good guesses but wrong again.

When Jason Kenney is asked what will be the biggest challenge of his new government he pauses for a couple of seconds.

Then he tells us.

“The biggest challenge is going to be getting the province’s finances back in order,” he says.

“Stay tuned but the fiscal situation is worse than the NDP let on.”

Worse than the NDP said? That’s bad.

You knew it was coming.

To be fair, it’s what new governments often say when they take the reins.

But could Kenney be giving us the straight goods?

After all, Ralph Klein appointed a financial review commission not long after becoming premier and before bringing in a budget.

That blue-chip group contained big brain horsepower, looked into the province’s finances, turned over all the stones to find Alberta’s true financial picture.