CALGARY At 31 per cent, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has the lowest level of support among provincial leaders in Canada, according to a recent poll conducted by the Angus Reid Institute That’s significantly down from when he took office as in June 2019, polling put his approval at 61 per cent. The latest poll comes after Kenney has endured months of criticism and anger from both sides of the political spectrum over the handling of pandemic restrictions. Just three months ago, a similar poll found 39 per cent of Albertans approved of his track record. When asked about the recent poll at a news conference Wednesday on supporting Alberta’s clean energy sector, Kenney sidestepped the question.
The United Conservative Party (UCP) has faced a significant and surprising wave of criticism by fellow backbenchers prompting doubts about its standing in the Albertan political sphere and its political viability in the years to come. The UCP lead by Jason Kenny incumbent first minister of Alberta and former federal cabinet minister is facing the toughest political battle of its very short existence, putting the party on the brink of not only losing the next provincial election in 2023 to Rachel Notley’s NDP, but also its status as Alberta’s dominating conservative party.
It all derived after Kenny’s government enacted new COVID-19 restrictions due to the exponential increase of infected people with coronavirus in the province Alberta reported more than 2,400 cases on May 1 alone, according to data gathered by the COVID-19 Tracker Canada
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EXCLUSIVE POLL: Opposition to lockdowns on the rise in Alberta
While opposition to lockdowns in Alberta has grown from 39% to 45% since January, the number of hardcore opponents has more than doubled.
Published 5 hours ago
An exclusive Mainstreet Research Poll commissioned by the
Western Standard shows opposition to continued lockdowns and other COVID-19 restrictions are on the rise, and there are sharp divisions in the province over the issue.
Of the 1,010 Albertans surveyed, 52% said that they supported continued lockdowns and 45% said they should be ended immediately.
While those in support had a slight edge in overall support, the intensity of those who were fiercely opposed was more than twice that of those who were strongly supportive.
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Well, that was easy.
A letter from Quebec Premier François Legault, a response from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and voilà Canada’s Constitution changes.
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Quebec will become “a nation.” Not a nation within a unified Canada, mind you. An actual nation with benefits.
This nation will still send MPs to Ottawa and benefit from every federal program, while continuing to assert its absolute right to block energy transmission through its territory, among many other things.