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Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney accused the federal government of leaving provinces “holding the bag” to clear Freedom Convoy protesters who blockaded a border crossing in southern Alberta, a public inquiry has learned. Documents released by the inquiry looking into the government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act last winter include …
Read More »Alberta mayor felt then-premier Jason Kenney was ignoring ‘domestic terrorists,’ texts show
The mayor of a southern Alberta village where a protest against COVID-19 restrictions closed traffic lanes to the United States last winter believed then-premier Jason Kenney was ignoring the severity of the situation, according to texts obtained by the Emergencies Act inquiry. A text chain between Coutts Mayor Jim Willett and Alberta’s transportation minister …
Read More »Jason Kenney makes a timely pitch for Alberta oil to U.S. senators. But will it work?
With skyrocketing gas prices, Washington scrambling for more oil and the U.S. midterm elections around the corner, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s appearance before a U.S. Senate committee to pitch his province’s oil couldn’t come at a better time. The premier, who has championed his province as a trustworthy source of energy to the U.S., …
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