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Disappointed in the Canadian Energy Centre, better known as the war room?

You have plenty of company there — including the Alberta government.

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UCP patience is fading, although not yet exhausted, over slips involving logos and clumsy attacks on Alberta critics.

“We obviously would have preferred for things to go more smoothly,” says Christine Myatt, Premier Jason Kenney’s deputy communications director.

“It clearly hasn’t been smooth sailing. But this is a new thing we’re doing.

“Right now, it’s just about smoothing out the bumps.

“This was a major election promise by the premier and at this point we see no reason to make any changes.”

The CEC itself is hiring Deborah Jaremko, senior editor of the Daily Oil Bulletin, apparently as content editor.

This further loads up the outfit with former journos — five by the latest count.

On Monday, NDP energy critic Irfan Sabir called for the government to disband the centre and put its $30-million annual budget to better use.