The Sunday Editorial

Bienvenue to Québerta

Alberta and Quebec might seem like an odd couple, but a symmetry of grievances against Ottawa is driving a budding alliance between the two provinces The Editorial Board The Globe and Mail Published 1 minute ago

Illustration by Melanie Lambrick

It can be a challenge sometimes to take seriously the pronouncements of populist politicians. So, when the Smith government in Alberta and the Legault government in Quebec make eyes at each other and talk of forming an “ autonomy alliance ,” as they did this month, it tests a person’s ability not to laugh inappropriately.

The two could not, on the surface, be a less likely match. Alberta is a Western, evangelical, English, carbon-fuel-producing, low-tax enclave of conservative-leaning individu

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