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Ottawa Gets First Taste of the Alberta Sovereignty Act

Commentary In mid-September, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney openly disagreed with then-UCP leadership hopeful Danielle Smith over her proposed Alberta Sovereignty Act (ASA), calling the legislation destabilizing, unconstitutional, and a disaster for Alberta. Kenney’s former principal secretary, Howard Anglin, in fact, said ASA should stand for “the Alberta suicide act.” Accused of meddling in the selection…


Alberta United Conservatives Head to Polls on Final Voting Day to Replace Kenney

Albertans will learn today who the new premier of the province will be. Voting is wrapping up by members of the United Conservative Party to select a successor to Premier Jason Kenney. Kenney announced in the spring he was leaving after receiving 51 percent in a party leadership vote. There are 124,000 eligible voters, many…


De Havilland Canada to Build Airline Manufacturing Plant East of Calgary

De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd. announced plans Wednesday to build a new aircraft manufacturing plant east of Calgary that could eventually employ up to 1,500 people. The company said the facility, dubbed De Havilland Field, is to be located in Wheatland County between the communities of Chestermere and Strathmore. De Havilland said it has acquired about 600 hectares of land in the…


De Havilland Canada to Build Airline Manufacturing Plant East of Calgary: Kenney

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says a new airplane manufacturing plant is to be built near Calgary. De Havilland Canada is scheduled to make the announcement Wednesday afternoon about its plans for southern Alberta. Speaking at a news conference in Toronto earlier in the day, Kenney said the plant is to be built east of Calgary…


Kenney Calls for Energy Industry Support in Alberta’s Challenge of Federal Impact Assessment Law

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has called on his province’s energy industry to intervene in the provincial government’s court challenge of the federal Impact Assessment Act (IAA). The IAA, or Bill C-69, which received royal assent in 2019 and which Kenney dubbed the “no more pipelines” bill, allows the federal government to consider the impacts of…


Culture Minister Blasts ‘Laurentian Elites’ as Alberta Celebrates Birthday Holiday

Alberta celebrated its inaugural birthday party holiday with Culture Minister Ron Orr chastising the prime minister and “Laurentian elites” while asserting the province has received the short end of the stick in the federation for more than a century. “The family compact of Laurentian elites have always skewed the deal in their favour,” Orr told…


Alberta on Track for $13.2B Surplus, Kenney Says Ahead of Fiscal Update

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the province is on track for a $13.2-billion surplus in this budget year. It’s an exponential escalation from the $511-million surplus forecast when the provincial budget was introduced in February. “Of course, a lot of that is thanks to the growth of commodity prices and royalty revenues,” Kenney, who is…


Alberta Government Adjusting Oversight After Chief Health Officer Pockets $227,911 Bonus

The Alberta government is taking steps to ensure public service overtime pay is approved by cabinet after Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Deena Hinshaw received a $227,911 COVID-19 bonus without oversight from elected officials. Hinshaw received the “cash benefits” in addition to her $363,634 salary in 2021, government records show. It marks the largest cash benefit payout of…


Alberta Premier Jason Kenney to Stay on Until New UCP Leader Elected

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney will remain in office until a new leader is elected to take the helm of the United Conservative Party (UCP). A day after Kenney announced his resignation, the UCP caucus met on May 19 and agreed that the premier should remain in the job until a leadership race can select his…


Alberta Premier Kenney Steps Down as UCP Leader

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said he is stepping down as leader of the United Conservative Party (UCP) on May 18 despite receiving 51.4 percent support from the party in a leadership vote, saying he doesn’t have a strong enough mandate. “While 51 percent of the vote passes the constitutional threshold of a majority, it clearly…