Western Standard - June 23, 2022


The Newsroom： Rempel Garner will not run for UCP leadership, Alberta premiership...

Topics
Pope's visit to Alberta
Mentioned
Corey Rachel Emanuel Trudeau Michelle Rempel-Garner Danielle Smith Brenda Luckey Chris Olkorn
EXCLUSIVE： Free parking for municipal employees & survivors of socialism CORY'S RANT Legacy media is running interference for Justin Trudeau

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Length

3 minutes

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150.11

Word count

590

Sentence count

46


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It's a busy day in politics and there's a lot of news breaking at the moment, including the announcement that Michelle Rempel-Garner will not be running for the leadership of the United Conservative Party of Canada, the Trudeau investigation and the tragic death of a young female gorilla at the zoo.

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00:00:00.000 We've got some major news breaking at the moment, Corey.
00:00:03.180 We've got our Rachel Emanuel has confirmed that Michelle Rempel-Garner will not run for the UCP leadership.
00:00:11.660 And one of the reasons that she's not running is because of Rachel's story earlier this week
00:00:18.100 that 13 of 17 caucus members who were asked whether or not they should give her a special exemption said no.
00:00:26.280 They didn't want her. So she knew, it looks like she knew she was coming into a divided caucus
00:00:32.400 and has chosen not to go down that path. So major, major news on the UCP front.
00:00:38.920 Speaking of the Trudeau investigation, he came out of hiding in Africa tonight,
00:00:44.540 tonight over there, and basically said nothing to see here, move along.
00:00:49.280 We didn't interfere. And I've got all the confidence in the world in Brenda Luckey.
00:00:54.660 So, yeah, as you say, Corey, another one goes by and nobody bites the dust.
00:01:02.040 We've got all the details on the Pope's visit to Alberta, which is coming up very quickly next month.
00:01:08.480 Details on his arrival times in Edmonton and where he's traveling around the province and who he's meeting with.
00:01:14.880 And it's going to be conducting an open air mass at Commonwealth Stadium.
00:01:18.000 So that'll be a highlight of his trips, I'm sure, as well as meeting Indigenous and residential school survivors.
00:01:27.380 The cowardly police chief of Uvalde, Texas, has been placed on administrative leave.
00:01:34.400 This is after he ordered his officers not to go in and try and get the school shooter there.
00:01:42.620 Instead, they waited outside for 70 minutes while the shooter slaughtered 22 children and teachers.
00:01:51.540 We've got a column from a UCP candidate, Danielle Smith,
00:01:56.460 talking about some of her campaign promises, saying she just wants Alberta to be treated like Quebec, basically.
00:02:07.740 What else have we got, Corey?
00:02:11.240 Apparently, there's going to be major thunderstorms and possible tornadoes this evening,
00:02:16.460 early afternoon and evening in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
00:02:20.160 So our Chris Alcorn out there has done a story on that.
00:02:22.520 And everybody be careful out there.
00:02:25.880 And coming up, we've got a couple of good stories.
00:02:28.600 The swearing in of our Governor General, who you've been talking about, Corey,
00:02:34.520 for wrapping up or racking up that massive catering bill on a flight to Dubai.
00:02:41.020 Turns out her investiture cost taxpayers $170,000.
00:02:46.740 Now, that's a lot of little appetizers and finger food, Corey.
00:02:50.500 And the Canadian Taxpayers Federation is not happy about it.
00:02:54.960 And one of the things Trudeau announced today in Africa is he's going to give $250 million of taxpayers' money
00:03:01.660 to sort of a food campaign to make sure hungry people in other countries are getting their proper food.
00:03:10.760 So that's what we've got at the moment, Corey.
00:03:13.640 And lots more to come this afternoon.
00:03:16.620 There is.
00:03:17.120 I know it's busy in that newsroom.
00:03:18.940 Well, I appreciate the updates, you know.
00:03:21.460 And on a sad note, that other one, I don't know if we covered that, but that gorilla passed away.
00:03:26.360 Right.
00:03:26.700 Yes.
00:03:26.920 I'm sorry.
00:03:27.400 I should have mentioned that.
00:03:28.220 The young female gorilla had an aggressive form of liver cancer.
00:03:34.320 And they made, yeah, the poor thing passed away at the zoo last night.
00:03:40.740 So a sad day at the zoo and a sad day for all fans of the zoo.
00:03:46.000 Yeah, it is.
00:03:46.780 And it's always a popular area.
00:03:48.720 Well, I guess we all get taken eventually.
00:03:51.340 But, well, we report on the good news and the bad.
00:03:54.120 Good and the bad, and sometimes the funny.