Guided by the fringe, Alberta heads for shoals of coal

Costly referendum asks the questions citizens don't want, ignores the one they do

This fall, the Province of Alberta will spend as much as three-and-a-half times more than it did for the 2023 provincial election to hold a referendum on questions blatantly skewed to generate a foregone outcome.

The first five of the now 10 questions centre on restricting or, in some cases, denying basic services, such as health care and education, to n…