Expo 2017
Ditching Alberta’s Expo bid is a costly political mistake
Harper’s Tories can kiss their fortunes goodbye
By Paul Marck
So long, Rona Ambrose. See ya later, Laurie Hawn. Sayonara, James Rajotte. Been nice knowing you, Tim Uppal, Brent Rathgeber, Peter Goldring, Mike Lake, and maybe Rob Merrifield. Your leader, Stephen Harper, the prime minister of Canada, has just made you collateral damage in next spring’s federal election, courtesy of the government’s cowardly decision not to back the Edmonton Expo 2017 bid.
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