Graham Thomson: Connecting the dots — NDP environmental policy and hurricane Irma

It’s a long way from Parkland County to the Florida Keys.
But on Monday morning, the two were connected.
As hurricane Irma battered its way up Florida, Alberta Economic Development Minister Deron Bilous was holding a news conference in Parkland County, just west of Edmonton.
He didn’t mention Irma. In fact, the news conference had nothing to do with hurricanes.
But it did, if you connected the dots.
Dot 1: Bilous was announcing a new Coal Community Transition Fund to help Alberta&rsq