David Mitchell :CApride:<p>Also remember that the province - Premier Smith personally - began criticism of Parks Canada and the federal government within days (if not hours) of the townsite burning. </p><p>The wildfire and its devastation immediately became just another weapon in the UCP’s vilification of Ottawa, arguing against fact and reason that the GoAB should have jurisdiction over federal parks and other nonsense - using the pain and disruption of the people of Jasper as political fodder in her campaign to stir up damaging, separatist sentiment in Alberta.</p><p>Recall also that last fall the GoAB used temporary housing for residents as a political football to score points against the federal government.</p><p>And now Smith has the temerity to call out the town of Jasper for two sentences in a comprehensive report on the fire, calling for a retraction of the report (!) because those two sentences are perceived as being critical of her government.</p><p>Remember that for this party, every accusation is a confession.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Jasper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jasper</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Wildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wildfire</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ABPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ABPoli</span></a></p><p>2/f</p>