Notes from the dome: UCP layoffs, Alberta Party status, Métis flag flies high

The United Conservative Party is being mum about political staffers laid off under new leader Jason Kenney, but Premier Rachel Notley was happy to bring it up Wednesday.
She drew the ire of Opposition MLAs in question period by joking the UCP is “struggling with (its) staffing resources right now,” and had to recycle its questions.
Insiders put the number of layoffs at 26, but house leader Jason Nixon wouldn’t comment on specifics. He said severance payments would be