President-elect Joe Biden made a peculiar joke about how he would 'develop some disease' and say he would ' 100% Upvoted. Todayville. It will be the first attempt to quell a firestorm of anger against the UCP that is sweeping the province. Published . The hammer has dropped on members of the Alberta government caucus and staff who recently travelled abroad during the COVID-19 crisis. As of today, we know the following UCP cabinet ministers, MLAs and senior political staffers have travelled internationally in recent weeks, or are just now returning home from abroad: Premier Jason Kenney has publicly shrugged off the hot holidays, claiming international travel was good for the economy despite his own government’s pandemic recommendations that Albertans don’t do it. (FTR, Matt Wolf was perfectly entitled to visit with his parents in Lumsden, but he was NOT allowed to stay there, under SK Covid guidelines.). BREAKING: Alberta cabinet minister, Kenney's chief of staff resign after holiday vacations "By travelling abroad over the holidays, these individuals demonstrated extremely poor judgment," Kenney said. For her part, Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley says all of her party’s 24 MLAs remained in Alberta during the Christmas break. Posted Jan 4, 2021 12:43 pm MST. 22 talking about this. by 660 NEWS Staff. It seems to me our Premier has made a lot of enemies over the last few years, in hindsight, perhaps too many. Jason Kenney has shown he is unwilling or incapable of doing what it takes to be a provincial premier. EDMONTON — Le premier ministre de l'Alberta, Jason Kenney, s'est placé en isolement préventif, chez lui, après qu'une de ses ministres eut reçu un diagnostic positif à la COVID-19. Avoid non-essential travel outside Canada until further notice.”, “The Canada/U.S. 0 have signed. He has given billions to the oil & gas corporations and reduced corporate taxes in the name of job stimulation! Premier Jason Kenney also asked his chief of staff Jamie Huckabay, who visited the U.K. over the holidays, to resign. Millions of Albertans … on. He has failed Albertans on many of his election platform promises including: Education, Healthcare, Employment, Parks & Recreation, Environment. Episode 69: Biting the hand that isn’t feeding you, UCP swaps “fiscal reckoning” for a kinder gentler budget slashing hand, Ty Lund, 23-year PC MLA and holder of four cabinet portfolios, dead at 82 - Alberta Politics, Nick Taylor was a giant in Alberta politics. 248 likes. Log in or sign up to leave a comment Log In Sign Up. Alberta has recorded its first death from COVID-19. Alberta Treaty 6 First Nations are demanding the resignation of Jason Kenney, speechwriter Paul Bunner, for calling the story of residential schools “bogus genocide” in a 2013 opinion piece. There is a reason Kenney does not wish to discipline any one violator; that would require him to hold account all who ignored the advisory. But it still seems like a move just a bit too ballsy, or too out of touch, for Kenney, unless he was subject to some other pressure to allow it. A senior Tory source said Allard is expected to officially announce her resignation from Premier Jason Kenney’s cabinet Monday morning. Neither seems likely for a seasoned operator like Kenney. Municipal Affairs Minister, Kenney's Chief of Staff resign. Former right-wing talk radio icon Dave Rutherford took to his Facebook page to unload on Kenney. Jason Kenney had to have known that his staff traveled over the holidays. Perhaps the only good news for Kenney is that the MLA hot holiday scandal, or Alohagate and Hawaiigate as some are calling it, is a distraction from the provincial government’s disappointingly slow rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. He can either be the next Ralph Klein or he can be the next Ed Stelmach.” Published. They should all be ashamed of themselves! Isn’t it their JOB as “Issues Managers” to keep issues like this from becoming Issues in the first place? nears 300,000 COVID-19 vaccinations, essential workers next. Un porte-parole du premier ministre a confirmé la nouvelle à la suite de l'annonce selon laquelle la ministre des Affaires municipales, Tracy Allard, était atteinte de la COVID-19. October 28, 2020. Jason Kenney has shown he is unwilling or incapable of doing what it takes to be a provincial premier. Jason has 3 jobs listed on their profile. (KELO) — Governor Kristi Noem described Thursday what led to her call for South Dakota’s top state law enforcement official to resign and her subsequent decision to have the state Department of Public Safety release video recordings of investigators interviewing Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg about running over and killing pedestrian Joe Boever. Posted on August 24, 2006 | 24 Comments. Kenney says he has listened to anger from the public in recent days and acted.