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According to psychics, astrologers and other impeccable Internet sources, 2016 promises to be an interesting year in which, among other things, “huge ants invade a South American city,” “a pet parrot will kill a movie star” and “a monkey breaks into the White House.”

I suppose one of those could be an astute political prediction, depending on the outcome of the U.S. presidential election.

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Making predictions is always a mug’s game.

And considering the upheaval that hit Alberta politics in 2015, only a fool would try to predict what’s going to happen here in 2016.

So, let me try.

This will be a year when our new government will really make its mark on Alberta politics. Think 2015 was the Year of the NDP? That was just a warmup.

This year will see the government mull over changes to energy royalties, begin implementing its climate change strategy and roll out a provincial budget that is not, like the one last October, simply a modification of the old Progressive Conservative budget.