Alberta education minister on the ropes against pro-freedom candidate
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Summary
In this episode, I talk about the ongoing nomination contest between sitting Education Minister Adriana LaGrange and Andrew Kloos, who is challenging her for her seat in the United Conservative Party of Canada (UCP).
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So I've heard so many complaints from people about nominations being opened during an ongoing UCP
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leadership race. You know, Danielle Smith has said she would consider reopening some of those
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nominations in the areas where local members felt like the process wasn't fair or where someone was
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disqualified improperly. That being said, we currently have a nomination contest ongoing
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where the sitting education minister, Adriana LaGrange, is being challenged for her seat by
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Andrew Kloos. Now Kloos, he's the co-founder of a group called Hold the Line and he's very well
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known in the region. There's about a thousand members in the region that are part of his group
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and there's 996 UCP members in his riding. So he has a lot of publicity for the work that he's done
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with this group, which basically sought to help people impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and by
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vaccine coercion. For example, you know, if someone lost their job because they were unwilling to get
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the vaccine, the group would provide financial support or otherwise help them find a job.
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Things like that. He said he was motivated to run in the race because he thinks LaGrange showed a
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complete lack of support for the freedom movement. He's going to be running against LaGrange on August
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18th and it's already too late to purchase a membership for that contest. You had to purchase a
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membership 21 days ahead of the vote, similar to how if you want to vote for the UCP leader, you have
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to have a membership by August 12th. So that's definitely something to keep our eye out for. This could
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be the first time where we see, you know, a sitting UCP MLA lose their nomination to a new
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candidate. So I will keep you guys updated with how many members we see in the UCP as of next Friday
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when the cutoff is done and we'll have some results for you in about two weeks as to who won that