When a Speaker isn’t neutral. Lost in the controversies and crises involving COVID this year was a scandal involving the Speaker of Alberta’s Legislative Assembly, Nathan Cooper. I say scandal, but it could have escalated into a full-blown crisis had Cooper not backed down and apologized for trampling on a cornerstone of our system of parliamentary democracy: the tradition of a…
The political vultures are circling. A bit prematurely perhaps, but they’re here at the annual general meeting of the United Conservative Party this weekend in Calgary.
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.
