It’s all over but the recommendations for Premier Danielle Smith’s Alberta Next panel, a touring summer town hall that saw Smith lionized and criticized amid straw polls, finger pointing, separation anxiety, and references to idiots, brats and spanking.

“It has been a real great exercise in democracy,” Smith said at the final town hall, an online discussion, Wednesday night.

“We’ve obviously heard from the whole spectrum who have given us their feedback and it’s important to have that robust exchange of ideas.”

The panel of politicians, experts and other leaders was designed by Smith as her government, with a burgeoning provincial population now at five million, looks to leverage its strength to carve a path separate from the federal government.

It featured 10 in-person town halls and

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