Alberta Premier

“Jason Kenney knows parliamentary tradition,” added Jean, a former leader of the Wildrose Party, which merged with Kenney's Progressive Conservatives to form ...

We know that and we need to start the renewal process of the UCP,” Brian Jean said Thursday before heading into a UCP caucus meeting in Calgary. “The truth is that the only thing I’ve ever wanted was to have an opportunity to be able to prove to people who we are and to end the corruption and the cronyism and to be able to start a new day with hope for Alberta.” “The healing process can’t start until Jason Kenney leaves.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney will remain as premier and leader of the United Conservative Party (UCP) until his successor is chosen, the party said on ...

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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, one day after announcing he was stepping down for the good of his United Conservative Party, will stay on until a new leader ...

Alison Redford quit immediately, and caucus chose Dave Hancock as interim leader until Jim Prentice was selected as a permanent replacement. We know that and we need to start the renewal process of the UCP," said backbencher Brian Jean. Kenney announced his departure Wednesday night after receiving 51 per cent support in a mail-in ballot of party members. “The healing process can’t start until Jason Kenney leaves. Todd Loewen, a former UCP backbencher voted out of caucus a year ago for openly demanding Kenney resign, said the decision to keep Kenney on is a slap in the face to the thousands of party members who voted for party renewal in the leadership review. “This is the Jason Kenney Party. This is the JKP,” said Loewen.

It was a shocking defeat for a man who has been a fixture in Canadian conservative politics for 25 years. After serving in high-profile cabinet roles under ...

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said Wednesday he is stepping down as leader of the United Conservative Party. Here is some of the political reaction:

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(Bloomberg) -- Alberta Premier Jason Kenney will continue to govern Canada's oil heartland until his party chooses a new leader, despite his decision to ...

Kenney declared his intention to stay put in a letter to the secretary of Alberta’s United Conservative Party he posted to Twitter on Thursday evening. After serving in high-profile cabinet roles under former Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Kenney left federal politics in 2016 to unite Alberta’s warring right-wing factions and led them to victory over the New Democratic Party three years ago. His resignation left the national Conservative Party, itself in a leadership race, grappling with internal divisions wrought by the growing anti-establishment sentiment unleashed by the pandemic.