The New Democrats' defeat in last night's Alberta provincial election marked the end of a remarkable chapter in the province's politics — Alberta's first-ever NDP government. 1:20Another province, another federal carbon backstopKenney has said the first bill his new government will introduce will be the "carbon tax repeal act." UCP Leader Jason Kenney has vowed that his first act in office would be to cancel the provincial carbon tax. He also has said he'll instruct his new attorney general to launch a formal court challenge to the federal carbon tax if it's imposed in Alberta. "Jason Kenney has a much more controversial relationship to intergovernmental relations," said Béland, who heads the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada.

Source: CBC News April 17, 2019 07:52 UTC