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Premier Kenney doesn’t make a big deal out of it. Not in the least.

He just answers a newshound’s question.

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Yes, he is going to Ottawa and the Greater Toronto Area this weekend. Yes, the federal Conservatives are picking up the tab. Yes, he is going on his own time.

Does Kenney think Conservative leader Andrew Scheer needs help?

Everybody and their dog knows the answer is Yes. Scheer is looking up in the polls but he needs all hands on deck to seal the deal.

Kenney, the veteran campaigner, is not an anchor.

He’s a full-speed-ahead, mince-no-words, pull-no-punches engine with plenty of political horsepower.

But Kenney is also a gentleman. He aw-shucks his way through the question. Golly gee whiz, it’s only little me and I’m not doing that much.

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The premier says he’s going east to stand up for Alberta and reminds us in the last provincial election he promised to do everything he could to defeat Justin Trudeau and elect Scheer’s Conservatives.