United Conservative Party (UCP) of Alberta leadership candidate Danielle Smith defended her prospective sovereignty act and past comments she made about cancer during the first UCP leadership debate on July 27.
All seven candidates participated in the debate, which was live-streamed from a helicopter hangar in Medicine Hat. The debate covered such issues as protecting the environment, maintaining party unity, and navigating Alberta’s relationship with the federal government.
Rajan Sawhney, who was the UCP’s transportation minister before running in the leadership race, challenged Smith during the debate on her proposed provincial sovereignty act, which, if passed, would allow the Alberta government to refuse to enforce any federal law or policy it deemed harmful to the province….