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Despite moving the location of the vote, changing the rules around it, and otherwise tilting the table in his own direction wherever possible, Kenney could barely win a plurality of the votes and didn’t even match the 55 per cent showing that ultimately forced Ralph Klein to step down in 2006.
With the English language debate now in the books, the race to lead the federal Conservative Party is well underway. We convene The Sunday Magazine political panel to discuss the latest developments of that race and take an early look at how Ontario's provincial election is shaping up. Piya Chattopadhyay is joined by Toronto Star national columnist Susan Delacourt in Ottawa, CBC Calgary opinion and analysis producer Jason Markusoff and political commentator Supriya Dwivedi in Toronto, to parse the big political stories of the week and talk about what's to come.
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney addressed United Conservative Party members at a special general meeting on Saturday and made his pitch to stay on as party leader. UCP members can begin voting via mail-in ballot on the future of Kenney’s leadership this week, with results expected May 18. But the lead-up to this vote has been rife with party infighting.
Today, Maclean's Alberta correspondent Jason Markusoff explains what’s preceded this leadership review, the discontent within the UCP and why Kenney may have reason to be concerned regardless of the outcome next month.