Danielle Smith’s message could get ‘lost in the noise’: political scientist
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A political scientist expects Danielle Smith's message at the UCP annual general meeting Saturday will be lost in the noise of contentious policy resolutions.
A political scientist expects Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s message to the United Conservative Party’s annual general meeting Saturday will be lost in the noise of board elections and a number of contentious policy resolutions.
About 3,500 delegates were expected to attend the UCP’s first get-together since it won re-election in May.
Among the resolutions being debated is one requiring parental consent if a child under the age of 16 wishes to use a different name or pronoun at school, mirroring legislation recently passed in Saskatchewan that has drawn harsh criticism from LGBTQ advocates.
Another proposal aims to protect an individual’s right to refuse any medical procedure they disagree with, including therapy and vaccines, regardless of the “societal benefit.”
Other resolutions include banning race-based admissions in post-secondary institutions, ending provincial funding of supervised drug consumption sites and refusing transgender women in women’s correctional facilities.
“I think the eyes are going to (be) on what all that portends for party unity,” said Lori Williams, a political-science professor at Mount Royal University in Calgary.
Several of the resolutions seem to take “fringe-right positions,” Williams added.
“It’s certainly not the sort of thing that most Albertans are concerned about.”
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