Graham Thomson: When is a political coincidence a conspiracy? Brian Jean would probably like to know
MLA Derek Fildebrandt went through the seven stages of a politician hoisted on his own petard after the Edmonton Journal broke a story that he was renting out his government-paid apartment on Airbnb, says columnist Graham Thomson." src="http://wpmedia.edmontonjournal.com/2017/08/20150221-forsyth-338-jpg.jpg?quality=55&strip=all&w=625&h=469&crop=1" width="625" height="469" /> August 12, 2017 9:00 am Sometimes a coincidence is just a coincidence. Unless it’s a political coincidence, that is. Then it can easily smell like a conspiracy. Just look at the political coincidences last Thursday. First, there was the suspicious timing of an anti- pipeline news conference held by the British Columbia government Thursday morning just as Premier Rachel Notley was about to hold her own pro- pipeline news conference in Alberta. It sure seemed like the B.C. government was trying to pour cold water on Notley’s good-news event. Then there was ...