Former Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was often blasted for his smarmy, progressive virtue-signalling.

That’s gone now, but in Alberta the void is nicely filled by smarmy conservative virtue-signalling.

The UCP’s school library book ban is exactly that. It’s a political play that starts from a grain of truth and escalates to high emotion and division.

So is the law that prohibits trans girls from playing on school sports teams.

Trudeau would recognize the tactic in both cases. He almost pioneered it in Canadian politics.

The leader raises the issue, inflates it beyond reality, and watches the base gather around in ecstasy.

The UCP merely flips the same coin.

Premier Danielle Smith’s government has inflicted these noisy causes on school districts. The boards have been forced t

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