Commentary
The ballots in the United Conservative Party’s leadership review are probably being counted right now to determine whether Alberta Premier Jason Kenney will remain the party’s leader. Should Kenney lose the vote, one can’t help wondering if triggering a UCP leadership race will only weaken the party’s chances of winning the next election. More than Kenney’s leadership is at stake. UCP-inspired policies currently in development or being implemented could also be in jeopardy.
One of the more crucial policy areas that would be threatened is the K-12 curriculum reforms that are underway. The UCP initiated a long-overdue review of the provincial curriculum, and the NDP has vowed to scrap these plans should they come back into power.
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