3. High-profile UCP MLA’s are now supporting 22-constituency associations who are demanding a UCP leadership review, including Tany Yao and Jeremy Nixon
Kenney is STILL trying to rig the rules at this weekends UCP AGM so they require 28.
6. Before Kenney’s announcement of a deal to help ALL Métis groups with “their economic interests”, the Métis Nation of Alberta released a statement saying the deal “only involves 2-groups who do not represent Alberta’s Métis” and “is a bad decision” and a waste
7. Kenney’s much maligned project “Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corp” faces a crisis after their CEO is forced to step down and a director was involved in a $25,000,000 sexual harassment lawsuit
8. Alberta scientists and environmentalists say proposed legislation governing trails on public lands will thwart efforts to restore nature and add more stress to an already overtaxed landscape
13. In a BIZARRE tweet, LaGrange panders to anti-vaxers saying Kids don’t need to vaccinate, even if approved by Health Canada. Kenney further says Alberta School Boards would be punished for separating students.
14. Kenney later came out with another statement, saying he still thinks the flu poses a greater risk to kids than Covid-19, ignoring the last 20-months and recent trends.
15. Alberta’s Coal Policy Panel Is accused of bias and influence from US special interests
The next 17 bad news stories are Kenney’s illegal funding and the AGM!
16. On Monday, MLA Madu said the NDP were the most corrupt and “Undemocratic party in the world” after they questioned Kenney’s questionable donation bill.
17. In an unheard of move, an NDP motion to debate whether Kenney should be censured over his lies and mishandling over the recent 4th Covid-19 was suddenly moved from the front to the end of the #Ableg agenda, so it wouldn’t be heard
18. On Tuesday, UCP MLA Guthrie UNLOADS on Kenney in a scathing article.
Not only did he suggest the party “can’t be salvaged” but that Kenney is illegally funnelling money from a PAC to try and rig the upcoming UCP Annual General Meeting!
21. Kenney claimed he wasn’t involved with any PAC, but claimed it was all legal
22. Post Media’s Don Braid confirmed he spoke with a O&G CEO who confirmed Kenney had promised IN WRITING to leverage favours with the UCP gov’t…if he voted for Kenney at the AGM
23. On Thursday, a leaked document from Kenney’s office convinced his staffers to downvote certain policy ideas ahead of the annual meeting and to actively block anti-Kenney people from speaking at the AGM!
It feels like this week ended as bad as it started.
Between Madu changing legislation to allow illegal donations, Alberta making international news (again)…and Devin Dreeshen, it’s been a REALLY bad week for the UCP!
2. Treaty 6 Chief formally responds to Alberta’s Provincial Police report, saying Madu completed ZERO consultations with First Nations! Madu lied to Albertans!🤥
3. More allegations of sexual harassment by Kenney’s lawyer pal and Devin’s booze pal Ivan Bernardo!
1. 🤦🏻♂️ The UCP began the week attacking #YYC new mayor @JyotiGondek’s enviro stance!
2. 🤥 The UCP lied about the Allen report findings! Despite claiming BILLIONS were spent by enviro groups criticizing Alberta’s oil, evidence only supported $50M…OVER 17-years!
1. Kenney quietly changed local election laws (Bill 29) last year!
His new “Election Advertising" definition for 3rd-parties now allows Kenney’s dark money PACs to secretly spend THOUSANDS on issue-based election ads without reporting it to anyone
1.Secret documents show Education Minister LeGrange and Health Minister Copping knew of the massive outbreaks of COVID-19 in central Alberta schools last month…
They STILL didn’t tell parents, students or workers of the massive risk… #Abpoli
1. Kenney’s promise of a “QR Code” app allowing Albertans to quickly confirm Covid-19 vaccinations with businesses was FINALLY launched….without ANY ability to scan QR codes to verify the info - making the app completely useless!
2. For 3-weeks in a row @jkenney made national & international news for his pandemic response 📰
3. Alberta’s now seen its WEAKEST population growth in 4 decades! For the 1st time since 1971, Alberta’s no longer has the youngest median age among the provinces