With platforms being released, campaigns being launched, and final candidates being nominated it’s pretty clear that a provincial election is nearly upon us in Alberta.

At 3:00 P.M. today, Lieutenant Governor Norman Kwong will read the Speech from the Throne that will highlight the legislative agenda of the Spring 2008 session of the Legislature that might not start until Fall 2008. With a writ drop expected following the Speech from the Throne (either today or tomorrow) watch for Kwong’s speech to have an uncanny similarity to the platform of the 37-year-old Progressive Conservative government of Ed Stelmach. 
It will be an exciting afternoon at the Alberta Legislature and I will be there to report back on all the the drama and intrigue of the afternoon.