In this episode, we talk about Jason Kenney's leadership of the United Conservative Party of Canada, Danielle Weaver's strategy to unify the party, and why she should win the next election. We also talk about Alberta s new premier, Danielle Kenney.
00:00:00.000Well, first of all, I'd say with respect to Jason Kenney, it was very unfortunate that he had suddenly out of nowhere came COVID and something that nobody was prepared for.
00:00:13.120He did not handle it well, but a lot of politicians didn't, and it was unfortunate to lose him.
00:00:19.240I would say he picked up some habits, cabinet and executive habits in Ottawa that are probably necessary in Ottawa.
00:00:30.000There's a lot of stricter party discipline and kind of more top-down control, which do not work in Alberta and do not work in Edmonton, and particularly did not work in the new UCP caucus.
00:00:42.780So I think it's unfortunate that Jason's still not leading the UCP, but as far as Danielle's strategy goes, I think she's done the right thing is consolidate, talk about the UCP record.
00:00:57.120And part of that, of course, is Jason's record, and talk about the NDP record.
00:01:01.240The four years under the NDP, they didn't stand up for Alberta.
00:01:04.900They raised taxes and did a bunch of things to make us less competitive.
00:01:08.580And she is a member of the federal NDP party.
00:01:12.840You're a provincial NDP, you're a federal NDP, and the federal NDPs are what crop up Justin Trudeau.
00:01:18.760And Justin Trudeau is very, very anti-Alberta.