Wonderland

Some issues are about policy. Some are about money. Some are about law, education, healthcare, or federal-provincial power. The takes on some of the issues are so strange they feel like they should come with a talking rabbit, a tiny door, and a warning label.

Wonderland is where we notice when Alberta politics starts to slip through the looking glass. When political theatre, outrage cycles, moral panic, slogans, distractions, and public performances are being sold rather than real information.

Alberta politics has a real talent for serving unbelievable stories like they are perfectly believable. Wonderland is where those stories get pulled apart piece by piece, until the “wait… what?” stops whispering and starts shouting.

No one should be mocked for believing what they are told or for caring about issues that genuinely matter to Albertans. No side of the aisle is immune to a good snow job, and Alberta has enough snow already.

Political theatre, public spectacle, staged outrage, and the moments when the performance becomes the point.

Power plays, scapegoats, punitive politics, and policies that arrive carrying a tiny axe.