Jason Kenney - 41% of Albertans say he must resign

www.westernstandardonline.com - News January 11, 2021

EXCLUSIVE: Majority of UCP voters say Kenney must fire snowbird MLAs, 41% of Albertans say he must resign

A Mainstreet Research poll commissioned by the Western Standard says Albertans are far from satisfied with Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s handling of the ‘Snowbird MLA Scandal.’

A total of 41 per cent of Alberta respondents say Kenney, former Minister Tracy Allard, and the six backbench snowbird MLAs should all resign, including 21 per cent of those who voted UCP in the 2019 election.

Another 27 per cent of respondents say Kenney’s actions to date don’t go far enough, and that he should fire Allard and the six other MLAs from the UCP Caucus. In fact, more UCP voters support the option of firing just the minister and MLAs (31 per cent) than Albertans at large.

In the wake of revelations of at least one pro-lockdown minister, six MLAs and several senior staffers found vacationing oversees, Kenney initially declined to discipline any of them, but increasing political backlash led Kenney to fire Allard from cabinet and issue relatively minor penalties to the MLAs. All seven MLAs continue to remain full members of the UCP Caucus.

Serious questions continue to linger over whether Kenney himself was telling the truth about what he knew after his staff denied that the premier read a memo from Allard informing him. One senior Tory close to Kenney told the Western Standard that it was “inconceivable” that Keney did not know that his chief of staff and minister were overseas without his knowledge

The holiday vacations took place while the UCP government has had Albertans under a strict lockdown, closing most businesses and and making most Christmas family gatherings illegal.

While the demotions are not enough for the vast majority of Albertans, 12 per cent say they are satisfied with Kenney’s actions, and another 11 per cent believe that he went too far. Nine per cent had an “other” opinion.

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