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Danielle Smith’s Alberta Next panel closes out tour with tense Calgary town hall
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The panel was created by Alberta’s UCP government earlier this year after Prime Minister Mark Carney’s federal election win.
View image in full screen People are seen waiting in a lineup to get into the final Alberta Next town hall held in at the Equi-Plex events centre at Spruce Meadows in Calgary on Monday.
The sound of chairs rustling marked the beginning of several question-and-answer sections as audience members rushed to get a spot in the lines, which often stretched back 15 people.
Alberta government pool feedThere were few protesters outside the town hall before it began.
Inside her bag was a bottle of vodka and a roll of toilet paper “in case I get too excited and pee my pants.”The panel’s telephone town hall is scheduled for Wednesday evening.