"If you want to actually change people's minds, you have to communicate sure, forcefully, firmly, but respectfully as well," Mike Lake said.

Brian Jean says Kenney's "fight everyone" approach is not getting the job done for Albertans on critical issues, including energy and federal relations.

Donald Trump knows that elections are won or lost on the basis of the effects produced by the candidate’s words, says Robert Danisch of the University of Waterloo.

U.S. President Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to address the tone of the political rhetoric – blaming the media for “inaccurate reporting.”