No matter what happens at this weekend’s United Conservative Party convention in Calgary, Jason Kenney will still be Alberta premier and party leader on Monday. For Kenney, this is not the end. But squint a little and you can see it from here.

Premier Jason Kenney’s usual response when facing an opponent can be summed up in three words: deny, deflect, demonize. That’s how he’s dealt with political opponents on a litany of issues as diverse as the pandemic, the federal equalization program, and the Allan Inquiry into so-called anti-Alberta activities. But not this time.

Jason Kenney, master illusionist If Premier Jason Kenney is ever looking for a career outside of politics, might I suggest stage magician? For he is a master of manipulation, misdirection and sleight of hand. He’s trying to convince Albertans that on October 18 he will pull elected senators out of a hat—while sawing the Constitution in half.

After months of feeding carrots to vaccine-hesitant Albertans, Premier Jason Kenney is breaking out the stick. Sort of.

As federal Conservatives cut through the clutter of the election to figure out why they lost, they’ll be pointing their knives in the direction of embattled Alberta Premier Jason Kenney. They are upset, to say the least, with Kenney for so mishandling the fourth wave of the pandemic that he became an issue in the final week of the election…