UCP Leadership

• Former Alberta UCP leadership candidate Leela Aheer not seeking re-election

  Aheer said she is grateful for being able to serve Albertans but has decided to not run for the party.

  Politics

  Oct 26, 2022
  
• Alberta’s premier-designate wants ‘greater’ provincial autonomy, but is it her 1st priority?

  While her headline-hogging promises included a proposed Alberta Sovereignty Act and her critiques of COVID-19 mandates, these weren't necessarily her only priority, Smith said.

  Canada

  Oct 8, 2022
  
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• ‘Cautiously optimistic’: How do rural Alberta, Edmonton, Calgary feel about Danielle Smith as premier?

  The president of the Rural Municipalities of Alberta says his members want to 'actually get things done' with new premier Danielle Smith. But how do the big cities feel?

  Canada

  Oct 7, 2022
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• ‘The lunatics are trying to take over the asylum’: Kenney quotes to remember

  Jason Kenney will be replaced as Alberta's UCP leader Thursday after he denounced his leadership in May. Here are some of his most memorable quotes from his time as party leader.

  Politics

  Oct 2, 2022
• Jason Kenney in good company with former Alberta’s premiers to step down mid-term

  Kenney, who announced in May he would be stepping down as party leader after unfavorable party support vote, will be replaced as Alberta's premier Thursday.

  Politics

  Oct 2, 2022
• Outgoing Alberta premier Jason Kenney pokes fun at himself in speech

  Kenney, speaking to municipal leaders, interrupted one burst of applause by saying the warmth clearly shows he's not at one of his own United Conservative caucus meetings. 

  Canada

  Sep 23, 2022
• Alberta UCP leadership candidates split on idea of provincial police to replace RCMP

  Four of the seven candidates running to be the next UCP leader and premier said an Alberta provincial police force is not something they'd pursue right now.

  Crime

  Sep 22, 2022
• Pierre Poilievre needs to move beyond Alberta roots to offer broad vision

  Political experts weigh in on what Pierre Poilievre's victory as Conservative Leader of Canada means for Alberta, especially amid the UCP leadership race.

  Politics

  Sep 11, 2022
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• UCP candidates denounce Danielle Smith’s proposed sovereignty act as ‘constitutional fairytale’

  "She is telling voters that she has a magic wand that changes how law jurisdiction and how economics all work."

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  Sep 8, 2022
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• Alberta’s lieutenant governor will get legal advice before signing UCP bills aimed at ignoring federal law and court rulings

  Salma Lakhani said it's critical Alberta uphold the rule of law, saying she has experience after she and others of South Asian origin were expelled from an authoritarian Uganda.

  Politics

  Sep 1, 2022