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If a political party is ONLY as good as their leader…it was a BAD week for the @UCPCaucus:

👩‍⚖️- Shandro faces major discipline! (Story #6)

🧳- A lawsuit vs UCP moves forward! (#7)

🪙- Biden messes with Kenney’s Bitcoin Hub dream! (9)

Here’s 9 bad news stories!

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1. Saturday began with the Canada Border Services Agency suspending services at the Coutts border crossing after Kenney refused to take action.

The agency directed commercial traffic to Saskatchewan & B.C, a move costing Alberta $44,000,000 in economic activity

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2. Despite claiming it’s safe to attend events without masks, Kenney said he won’t announce a Fort McMurray bi-election due to Omicron

🤫…
3. Kenney silently announced the bielection. As Brian Jean is running for the UCP, there’s 0 candidates who support Kenney

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4. During a bizarre press conference Tuesday, a visibly shaken Kenney began attacking 6-organizations, including the AFL and the Trudeau gov’t

During the rant, he claimed Calgary's mayor called him a "potlicker". Unfortunately - she said he was “politicking” 🤦🏻‍♂️

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5. During a brutal press conference Wednesday, Kenney recited a “classic Canadian joke” that taxi drivers are doctors - then proceeded to bash the immigration system - forgetting HE created the system as the federal immigration minister 😬

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6. The Law Society of Alberta will hold a hearing to decide if UCP MLA @shandro breached its code of conduct.

This is related to Shandro and his wife began yelled at a #YYC MD on his driveway in front of his kids in March 2020 for posting a meme on Facebook.

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More Legal Stuff!

7. A former UCP’s lawsuit against Kenney’s office moves forward!

The lawsuit involves a toxic work environment and unjust dismissal after the staffer was allegedly fired after she blew the whistle.

Kenney is expected to testify!

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8. A HEAVILY redacted letter from the former ASIRT CEO runs contrary to what UCP MLA Madu claimed was a “planned” departure

The leader said she was “jaded” about ASIRT’s future under the UCP and turned down the option of a temporary posting to work elsewhere. 😳

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9. Kenney’s dream of Alberta being a bitcoin mining hub took a HUGE blow after Biden moved to regulate crypto currency

Kenney was silently working to attract miners, including a deal that’d bring 1 Million Bitcoin miners from China to Alberta

Bitcoin dropped 11%

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First - a MASSIVE thanks to @SeanDunn10 @ChadOhman and @JasonPYYC who’ve been diligently looking over the data dump from the GiveSendGo campaign.

There’s a lot of analysis done, and a lot more to go! No wonder Kenney is so nervous…give them a follow!!!

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HUGE thanks for this week’s stories, ideas, & data: @AB_AgainstUCP @youseepeeYYC @kim_siever @AB_MD_WarRoom @MichelletypoQ @brrittannyh @TheBreakdownAB @YYCCowboy @TheBlueGem3 @Mitchell_AB @KikkiPlanet @sunnshiiny @high_tequila @StephWKBach @SkipIsChris @c1aireify