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The melodrama that is Alberta politics has just become a street brawl.
And newly elected MLA Brian Jean is bringing his brass knuckles – along with almost five-years worth of anger and resentment.
For Jean, winning the Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche byelection Tuesday night was not a means in itself but a means to an end. Namely, ending the career of Premier Jason Kenney.
It is a bizarre
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