Tag: Jason Kenney
10 months ago
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Alberta election: Danielle Smith’s UCP wins majority — and comes out swinging

United Conservatives hold off Rachel Notley’s NDP. “I won’t be perfect,” says Smith, who had some tough words for Ott...

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11 months ago
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Alberta election: Why you should be paying attention — even if you don’t live here

Federalism, climate policy and a new flavour of Canadian conservatism. Why observers nationwide are paying attention ...

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over 1 year ago
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A journalist broke a story about vandalism. Now police claim he did it

Allegation that Edmonton reporter and gadfly Duncan Kinney defaced the bust of a Ukrainian nationalist will pit polic...

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over 1 year ago
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Danielle Smith won the support of the United Conservative Party. Can she win over Alberta?

Premier-designate is a very different flavour of politician from Jason Kenney. With an election set for May, will she...

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over 1 year ago
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Opinion | Why isn’t Doug Ford leaning further right? Just ask Jason Kenney

The story of Jason Kenney’s roller coaster rise and fall, culminating in political exile, is a cautionary tale for Ca...

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over 1 year ago
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Meet the party no one wants to lead: Alberta’s beleaguered Liberals are at a fateful crossroads

“Being leader of the Alberta Liberal party right now is, it’s not even a thankless job, it’s whatever the next level ...

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almost 2 years ago
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‘Who’s got a job now?’ Here’s how insiders say Doug Ford avoided Jason Kenney’s fate

Insiders say the Ontario premier learned pandemic lessons that his Alberta counterpart failed to heed, Robert Benzie ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Jason Kenney’s fate to be revealed Wednesday night

On an evening that will see much of the province watching hockey’s Battle of Alberta, the premier’s fate with UCP vot...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | Ontario is avoiding an Alberta-like Delta disaster, but can we hold on until Christmas?

With seven-day case averages flattening, there’s a strange, anticipatory limbo of Ontario right now, while deeper wat...

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over 2 years ago
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Opinion | Alberta’s meltdown finally made the pandemic an election issue. It should have been the...

This was an election in a pandemic. It should have been an election about the pandemic, too.

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over 2 years ago
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As Alberta’s government takes heat over its handling of COVID-19, what will happen to Jason Kenney?

The premier’s latest actions in response to the pandemic have angered both those who wanted more health measures and ...

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over 2 years ago
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With COVID cases spiking, could Alberta be forced to triage ICU patients? Here’s what that nightm...

In the past week, Alberta posted just over 10,000 active COVID-19 cases — more than Ontario and Quebec combined.

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over 2 years ago
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In Manitoba, a hint at the challenges vaccine certificates could bring: ‘We’re just going by the ...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said the federal government will work on an ‘internationally accepted proof of vacc...

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almost 3 years ago
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On Canada Day, Alberta will become the first province to drop all major COVID restrictions

The prairie province has hit its goal of 70 per cent rate of first doses among those eligible, paving the way for a f...

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almost 3 years ago
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Opinion | Doug Ford has joined the attack on the Constitution. Why won’t Justin Trudeau fight back?

For nearly 30 years, Canada’s political class has adhered to an unwritten ban on talking about the Constitution. But ...

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almost 3 years ago
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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney ‘sincerely apologizes’ for meeting held at Sky Palace

Kenney said he chose to move a meeting with several senior leaders outside last week because he believed that doing s...

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almost 3 years ago
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Weeks after facing North America’s highest COVID rates, Alberta unveils plan to almost fully reop...

‘We are truly near the end of this thing,’ Kenney said Wednesday. ‘So long as Albertans continue to get vaccinated in...

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almost 3 years ago
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Never mind Justin Trudeau — Conservative insiders fear Erin O’Toole’s toughest election opponent ...

Premiers are struggling to contain COVID-19’s third wave. Will voters take out their frustrations on the federal Cons...

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almost 3 years ago
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Kenney moves to avert hospital ‘disaster,’ as Alberta’s COVID rates sit 80% higher than Ontario’s

Alberta has the highest case rate in Canada — by a significant margin. In a rare dinnertime address Tuesday, Kenney b...

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almost 3 years ago
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What an illegal pandemic rodeo in Alberta says about Jason Kenney’s rough political ride

Premier’s condemnation after two days of festivities raises questions — and points to the urban-rural political divid...

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about 3 years ago
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Alberta’s war room accuses Netflix cartoon Bigfoot Family of ‘peddling lies’ about oil industry

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s launched the Canadian Energy centre so that the oil industry would no longer be a ‘pun...

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about 3 years ago
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Opinion | My short list for the next governor-general

Harmless fun is in such short supply right now.

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about 3 years ago
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‘We need more doses — bottom line’: Jason Kenney says Alberta is set to run out of COVID-19 vaccine

The federal government has released a new vaccine delivery schedule for the next six weeks, but Kenney says his provi...

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about 3 years ago
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Jason Kenney blinks as Albertans on left and right unite in fury over travelling politicians

Observers say the balloning scandal could pose real problems for Kenney, despite his move to bring down the hammer Mo...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | Don’t blame Doug Ford for the toll that COVID-19 is taking on Ontario. He’s handled the...

The premier may not have performed miracles during the pandemic, but neither has any other politician, Martin Regg Co...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | As the next wave of COVID-19 grows, Canadians are grappling with fear and nostalgia

Canada appears to have reached the “somebody-do-something” stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the public is not quit...

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over 3 years ago
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Opinion | Surprised that some Black people and Latinos voted for Trump? Try looking at them as in...

It turns out that more Blacks, Latinos and gays turned out for Donald Trump this time than last time. Why is that new...

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