Juno News - Alberta education minister on the ropes against pro-freedom candidate

00:00:00.000 So I've heard so many complaints from people about nominations being opened during an ongoing UCP

00:00:05.300 leadership race. You know, Danielle Smith has said she would consider reopening some of those

00:00:09.500 nominations in the areas where local members felt like the process wasn't fair or where someone was

00:00:14.200 disqualified improperly. That being said, we currently have a nomination contest ongoing

00:00:19.320 where the sitting education minister, Adriana LaGrange, is being challenged for her seat by

00:00:24.740 Andrew Kloos. Now Kloos, he's the co-founder of a group called Hold the Line and he's very well

00:00:30.460 known in the region. There's about a thousand members in the region that are part of his group

00:00:34.640 and there's 996 UCP members in his riding. So he has a lot of publicity for the work that he's done

00:00:40.020 with this group, which basically sought to help people impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and by

00:00:44.860 vaccine coercion. For example, you know, if someone lost their job because they were unwilling to get

00:00:49.480 the vaccine, the group would provide financial support or otherwise help them find a job.

00:00:53.960 Things like that. He said he was motivated to run in the race because he thinks LaGrange showed a

00:00:59.320 complete lack of support for the freedom movement. He's going to be running against LaGrange on August

00:01:04.220 18th and it's already too late to purchase a membership for that contest. You had to purchase a

00:01:08.780 membership 21 days ahead of the vote, similar to how if you want to vote for the UCP leader, you have

00:01:13.620 to have a membership by August 12th. So that's definitely something to keep our eye out for. This could

00:01:18.220 be the first time where we see, you know, a sitting UCP MLA lose their nomination to a new

00:01:23.340 candidate. So I will keep you guys updated with how many members we see in the UCP as of next Friday

00:01:29.020 when the cutoff is done and we'll have some results for you in about two weeks as to who won that

00:01:32.980 nomination contest.

Juno News - August 08, 2022