Trust and ethics central issues in fast-paced, pointed Alberta leaders' debate
CBC
Trust and ethics were key themes in a fast-paced, pointed debate between the leaders of Alberta's two largest political parties Thursday.
UCP Leader Danielle Smith was forced to respond to repeated jabs from NDP Leader Rachel Notley about remarks she made before she became premier in October 2022 about making people pay for doctors visits and equating Albertans who received COVID vaccines to followers of Adolf Hitler.
Smith deflected those criticisms by pivoting to Notley's record when she was premier from 2015 to 2019. She said the NDP government ran up Alberta's debt and introduced a provincial carbon tax they didn't campaign on.
"I know Ms Notley likes to show grainy videos of things I said while I was on radio," Smith said.
"And the reason she does that is she doesn't want to run on her record. And the reason she doesn't want to run on her record is it was an absolute disaster."
Notley immediately responded to Smith's "grainy video" remark.
"We had high definition 18 months ago when those videos of you arguing for people to pay for their health care came out," she retorted.
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