Jason Kenney’s capitulation as UCP leader is a catalyst for more chaos in Alberta politics Alberta Premier Jason Kenney fell on his own sword rather than be repeatedly stabbed in the back for the next year. Actually, it’s not clear if Kenney voluntarily exited the top position or was pushed by senior members of the United Conservative Party who wanted…

What will Jason Kenney’s outspoken UCP caucus mutineers do should he win the leadership vote? May 18 is supposed to be the day when the fighting over Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s leadership stops. That’s the day we will know whether Kenney has survived the United Conservative Party’s leadership vote. On paper the outcome is simple and binary: either he wins and…

Stranger than fiction: Alberta politics has entered the realm of absurd melodrama Alberta politics needs a new dictionary, or maybe a thesaurus — a source for words to better describe the province’s political landscape that is beginning to resemble a badly written soap opera. The situation Alberta finds itself in has been called “unprecedented” and “historic” and just plain “bizarre.”…

Brian Jean’s byelection win sets the stage for showdown with Alberta Premier Jason Kenney The melodrama that is Alberta politics has just become a street brawl. And newly elected MLA Brian Jean is bringing his brass knuckles — along with almost five years’ worth of anger and resentment. For Jean, winning the Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche byelection Tuesday night was…

Alberta’s budget is bizarrely a win-win for both Kenney and Notley It seems fitting in so many ways that the official title of Alberta’s new provincial budget is “Moving Forward.” This is a budget focused on a bright smooth road ahead, not the potholed recession-ridden dirt path we clanked along the past two years. For the Alberta government, this is…