
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she is taking a “fair-minded” approach as her government crafts changes to her proposed sovereignty act. The amendments to be tabled and debated in the legislature this week seek to rein in a contentious part of the bill that gives her cabinet unfettered power to rewrite laws behind closed doors […]
Don’t cry for me, Alberta, I was leaving anyway. It’s Premier Jason Kenney’s swan song message as he prepares to depart the province’s top job, forced out by the very United Conservative Party he willed into existence. “I was never intending to be in this gig for a long time,” Kenney told an audience earlier […]
SASKATOON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he still believes national unity is under threat despite collaborative discussions with the country’s other leaders. Kenney says Albertans feel frustrated and alienated because the province contributes billions of dollars to Canada’s economy but is blocked by others from developing its resources. He says he doesn’t think Albertans want to separate — they just want […]