'Not trusted by anyone': The campaign to kick Jason Kenney out of the premier's chair
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An effort to drive Alberta's premier out of office is gaining steam ahead of a United Conservative Party leadership vote next month, and some of the people stoking that fire are well known to their target.
An effort to drive Alberta's premier out of office is gaining steam ahead of a United Conservative Party leadership vote next month, and some of the people stoking that fire are well known to their target.
"Most of the people that are signing up to vote against Jason Kenney are people who used to work for him, like myself," said David Parker.
Parker was an organizer on Kenney's campaign in 2017. He is now building support to vote out the UCP leader as executive director of Take Back Alberta.
"(Kenney) is not trusted by anyone in this province, whether you're left or right. And I don't think we should continue having a leader that Albertans can't trust," he argued.
Kenney has formed a team, led by his chief of staff who has stepped back from that role, to try to fight off the challenge that Parker and others are bringing.
The premier has said that he's up against extremists, including some convoy protesters, who will vote against him out of anger about COVID-19 rules.
"There are people with extreme views, who we screened out as candidates in the last election, who are angry about that," Kenney said Wednesday.
