A Leaky Blue Balloon

Kenney’s shrinking support. Jason Kenney is not the man he used to be. At least not popularity-wise. His approval rate has been falling, not sinking like a stone but deflating slowly like a balloon.

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OPINION | Kenney’s COVID-19 apology a calculated political move

When Premier Jason Kenney held his long-awaited news conference on Tuesday to announce new COVID-related restrictions, he did two unusual things. Well, unusual for him. He admitted to making a mistake and he issued an apology. I don’t want to overstate the moment but, well, I’ve never heard Kenney definitively do either of those things in his 23 years as…

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OPINION | Kenney threatens serious action on COVID. And this time, he says he means it

Premier Jason Kenney declared a public health emergency on Tuesday, with more COVID-related restrictions, but his underlying message remains the same to Albertans: please take personal responsibility or I’ll be forced to take drastic action. And this time, I really mean it! Kenney continues to play the role of exasperated parent in the driver’s seat telling the mischievous kids in…

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OPINION | Kenney giving Albertans yet one more chance to prove they’re taking COVID seriously

I think COVID-19 is trying to tell Premier Jason Kenney something. For the second time in less than a month, Kenney has been forced into quarantine after being exposed to someone who has tested positive for the virus. Kenney broke the news to reporters on Thursday, not in person but as a disembodied voice on the phone during a government…

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OPINION | Kenney still hoping Albertans will take ‘personal responsibility’ as COVID case count soars

He is our own harbinger of doom. When Premier Jason Kenney turns up at one of Dr. Deena Hinshaw’s regular pandemic updates nowadays, we know we’re in trouble. On Friday, for the first time in many weeks, Kenney shared the podium with Alberta’s chief medical officer of health to discuss the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the province.

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