'We want him replaced': Kenney quiet ahead of vote as trust, unity become central issues
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Friday appeared to be the calm before the storm in Alberta politics, with the premier and his camp mostly quiet in the week leading up to the kickoff of his leadership vote.
Friday appeared to be the calm before the storm in Alberta politics, with the premier and his camp mostly quiet in the week leading up to the kickoff of his leadership vote.
United Conservative Party members will gather virtually on Saturday to hear a speech from Jason Kenney around 11 a.m., and ballots will be mailed out afterwards.
The premier last took questions from reporters on April 1, the same day he had some trouble filling up the blue pickup he drove to an announcement about gas taxes.
"I'm not going to be distracted by the politics of division," he said when asked about the review. He then read some posts from his critics who he called extremists.
Kenney later made a joke online about the nozzle schmozzle.
Meanwhile, his opponents continued to blast him, and the process that will see him either reaffirmed as leader of the UCP, or defeated, on May 18.
“This list has issues," new UCP MLA Brian Jean said Friday.
