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Preston Manning, 84, turns up with yet another ‘assembly’ to polish Alberta’s tarnished separation referendum

Oh for crying out loud! Preston Manning, 84, the superannuated Godfather of the Canadian right, has teamed up with another tiresome has-been from conservative Western Canadian politics to try to polish up Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s tarnished October separation referendum with a two-day “virtual assembly” in late September. Mr. Manning’s sidekick in this elaborate constitutional…

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