Alberta returned to its conservative roots, electing United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney premier after he vowed to fight harder for the province’s beleaguered energy industry.
Kenney, 50, a former Cabinet member under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, tapped into voter frustration over the failure to get pipelines completed, which has battered oilsands prices and sparked an exodus of capital by energy firms like Kinder Morgan Inc. Alberta, traditionally one of the richest provinces in Canada, now has among the highest jobless rates and one of the weakest economies in the country.
The United Conservative Party, founded in 2017 as a merger of two right-of-center groups and led by former federal cabinet minister Jason Kenney, won a majority of legislative seats in the oil-rich province. His victory over New Democratic Party Premier Rachel Notley restores the status quo in a province that until her 2015 victory had a decades-long run of conservative leaders.
The answer is no Jason! canpoli
Even jkenney 's logo 'Strong & Free' is Owned by USA ...
Not protesters you one sided dink sniffs foreign money from the USA in a coordinated effort to kill our Energy Industry. Words matter you tools.
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Awsome!
Alberta is landlocked, he has to negotiate. Why didn't Harper/JasonKenney in Ottawa build these pipelines? FirstNations land rights, Environmentalists the Courts. Why didn't Alberta Conservatives, Ralph Klein etc. save for rainy day ? UCP cdnpoli carbontax ClimateChange
Sounds like a solid plan. Is there a problem?
...and kick Trudeau in the nuts