But for the next few weeks, there’s really no other way.
The UCP’s special cabinet committee debated for hours Tuesday before coming out with rules that will infuriate many in Premier Jason Kenney’s uneasy caucus.
As we’ve seen in Alberta, rules don’t work without public compliance and enforcement. Both have slipped badly, along with public faith in frequent promises that the crisis will end quickly.
A new poll from Marc Henry’s ThinkHQ shows that 44 per cent of Albertans feel COVID-19 problems will extend into 2022.
A small number think we’ll return to something like normal life by the end of summer, or maybe October.
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CALGARY Weeks after a similar display in Edmonton, students used snow penguins to protest provincial cuts to post-secondary education. Braving frigid temperatures, members from the Council of Alberta University Students arranged 300 snow penguins across the steps of the provincial government McDougall Centre on Monday. Several of the snow penguins featured signs with messages from individual students, describing how post-secondary cuts are affecting their mindsets and finances. “These provincial cuts are driving up tuition costs for students,” said Marley Gillies of the Council of University Students. “Over three years, students are expected to absorb a 22.5 percent increase to their tuitions, and this is on top of an already difficult time.