Graham Thomson: Alberta MLAs prepare to put the 'barb' in barbecue season

And they’re off.
Alberta’s MLAs scampered to the legislative exits this week with all the excitement of children on the last day of school.
Students, of course, only get the summer off.
MLAs don’t have to be back in the legislature for the fall sitting until Oct. 30.
That’s almost 21 weeks away.
For members of the Wildrose and Progressive Conservatives, it means they have the next six weeks free to rally support for their unification deal before a ratification vote July 2