Fort McMurray MLA Guy Boutilier is livid that Premier Alison Redford has called off the fall session of the legislature.

Instead, there will be a "two-day courtesy drop-in," according to the Wildrose Party, on Monday and Tuesday.

The fall legislative session generally runs Oct. 24 to Dec. 1. When Redford won the provin­cial election earlier this month, she had announced no fall ses­sion. She soon reversed that deci­sion after meeting with the Tory Caucus.

"We're absolutely livid. This is not a flip-flop. This is a half of a flop," railed Boutilier, Thursday.

"If this is what change is according to Alison Redford, it's more of the old boy's club."

By not having a fall session, the Tories are avoiding questions from the Opposition and the Wil­drose. "We have very good ques­tions."

Boutilier wanted to demand answers why the twinning of Highway 63 has not yet been finished and why ground hasn't been broken for the seniors' long-term care facility.

Wildrose House Leader Rob Anderson wants to know what budget savings Redford has found to cover the $107 million in education funding she restored after she voted to cut it earlier this year, why she gave leadership opponent Gary Mar a patronage post without an open competi­tion, why her chief of staff's com­pany continues to ignore court orders (Stephen Carter has over $560,000 in court order judge­ments), and what she plans to do about illegal donations to her party.

"This is a travesty of democ­racy," said Boutilier. "It is an assault on anyone who voted in the last election because they're trying to avoid taking questions in a clear and transparent way in Question Period."

He noted that the Wildrose never agreed to only sit for two days.

"This is absolutely a travesty and it's pathetic. It's actually laughable the way they are oper­ating as bullies with their entitle­ment attitude to govern without having to be accountable to the public."

And it's a "who knows" expec­tation from Boutilier when the legislature will resume for the winter session.

"They are the majority. They have 68 votes. They can do whatever they want and that's exactly what they're doing. And they're not respecting democ­racy."

Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith said Redford doesn't have a mandate from Albertans, and the least she could do is come to the people's house and have MLAs debate and vote on what she wants to do. Instead, she's avoiding it at all costs.

"Clearly, nothing has changed here. In fact, if it's even possible, Redford appears to have even less regard for the Legislature than her predecessor," Anderson said. "Albertans deserve answers to these questions. By running away and hiding from her responsibili­ties at the Legislature, we can't help but wonder what she is trying to hide."

If the proposed fall session schedule is followed, MLAs will have sat a total of 45 days in 2011. That works out to roughly $3,000 for every day served debating in the Legislature.

"I don't know of too many jobs that pay $3,000 per day to show up at the office for 45 days a year," Anderson said. "Albertans elected us to conduct their busi­ness and debate their priorities. It would be nice if the new premier allowed us to do so."