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 of his successor, Kenney reminded everyone that, as premier, his job is “to defend the vital interests” of Alberta, thereby suggesting that the proposed ASA would do the opposite.
A week later, however, Alberta Solicitor General Tylor Shandro notified the federal government and the RCMP of his government’s intention not to cooperate with Ottawa’s plan to confiscate Albertans’ lawfully procured firearms, dismissing the federal policy as politically motivated….