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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: What are the Jewish themes on the ballot in Alberta’s election?
Description: On May 29, Albertans will go to the polls in an election that will either return sitting Premier Danielle Smith of the United Conservative Party for a full second term, or turf her in favour of former premier Rachel Notley, who ran Alberta under an NDP government from 2015 to 2019.
Smith was sworn in just seven months ago in October 2022, after the resignation of her predecessor, Jason Kenney.
She’d already been in politics for years, but even outside of that realm, she has never shied away from voicing her opinions, writing columns for the Calgary Herald before her political career and...