Opinion: A conservative victory in Alberta spells more trouble for Trudeau
Jason Kenney, leader of the United Conservative Party, delivers his victory speech at a party event in Calgary, Alberta, on Tuesday. By Michael Taube April 17 at 3:14 PM Michael Taube, a Troy Media syndicated columnist and political commentator, was a speechwriter for former Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper.
Notley won the 2015 election thanks to a massive protest vote against the political establishment. Her province is conservative in its political orientation, and had been run by either the right-leaning Social Credit Party or Progressive Conservatives for 80 consecutive years. Although left-wing politicians have won seats in Alberta, there’s really no history of left-wing support on a large scale.
Kenney was widely criticized for his role in overturning hospital visitation rights to the gay partners of dying AIDS patients in San Francisco in the 1980s, even though he regrets it today. Unproven allegations that he helped put up a stalking-horse candidate during the UCP leadership race haunted him.
Back in Ottawa, the Liberals realized Kenney’s pro-business, pro-free-enterprise message would resonate with Alberta’s conservative mindset. They had likely hoped in private the personal attacks on his character and ideas would have had more effect and led to a minority government. This is what they’ve been trying do with Andrew Scheer and the Conservatives, in hopes of distracting voters from the SNC-Lavalin controversy and Trudeau’s massive collapse in popularity.
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