This column is an opinion from Graham Thomson, an award-winning journalist who has covered Alberta politics for more than 30 years. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please see the FAQ.
The country is in chaos and Alberta Premier Jason Kenney couldn’t be happier.
“Freedom convoys” have impeded people’s freedoms, the prime minister is invoking the federal Emergencies Act, and Canadians are divided over lifting pandemic restrictions.
For many people, these are problems; for Kenney, they are opportunities.
Kenney has been waiting for this moment ever since COVID-19 bullied him into submission almost two years ago, forcing him to work with Prime Minister
