In Alberta, apparently, being in power for nearly 40 years means never having to say you're sorry.

How else can one explain the bizarre reaction of Alberta's Conservatives to the revelation earlier this week that fully a quarter of their MLAs gratefully accepted rounds of golf in British Columbia, Rod Stewart and Lady Gaga concert tickets, West Coast fishing trips and what have you from a well-heeled collection of billionaires, billionaires' lobbyists and billionaire corporations?

The price of all this largesse to the Alberta Conservatives who benefited from the billionaire generosity? Zip, zero, zilch, nada, nothing.