If Notley Exits, Who Will Take Her Place?

No one is openly gunning for her job as Alberta NDP leader. But some names are floating around.

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How Not to Choose Leaders

The flaws of one-person-one-vote. Jason Kenney likes to say he was toppled by a coup. His complaint does have a sliver of merit. After all, his leadership was brought down by 16,660 members of the United Conservative Party in May 2022 even though, just three years before, the Kenney-led UCP captured a million votes from regular citizens to form a majority government.

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Jason Kenney squares off with Danielle Smith for the soul of Alberta’s United Conservative Party

Premier Jason Kenney has entered the United Conservative Party race to replace him as leader. Not as a candidate — but as a meddler. Kenney didn’t so much dive as belly-flop into the race this week, with an awkward attack on a proposal from perceived frontrunner Danielle Smith. She is championing a controversial “Alberta Sovereignty Act” that she says would allow…

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Let’s take a look at the currents swirling inside the UCP leadership race

Premier Danielle Smith. Get used to it. That appears to be where we’re headed after watching the first official leadership debate Wednesday evening in Alberta’s United Conservative Party race to replace Premier Jason Kenney. There might be seven people on the track but Smith seems to be the only one with a steering wheel — and she’s leading everybody in…

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What will Jason Kenney’s outspoken UCP caucus mutineers do should he win the leadership vote?

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…

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