BREAKING: CTV projects majority UCP government in Alberta
Last Updated Tuesday, April 16, 2019 10:45PM EDT
Over the course of the campaign, Kenney tapped into the widespread sense of grievance and alienation that has thrived among Albertans who have struggled since global oil prices crashed in 2015, plunging the oil-rich province into a recession from which recovery has been slow. Many Albertans feel that Ottawa and the rest of the country are unsympathetic to their plight.
He has also promised to hold a referendum in 2021 to remove equalization -- a federal government program where “have” provinces give money to Ottawa to distribute to “have not” provinces -- from the Constitution if progress has not yet been made on the Trans Mountain pipeline extension. He has pledged to roll back many of Notley’s environmental measures and threatened to cut off oil and gas shipments to B.C., which he believes is also responsible for obstructing pipeline construction.
During an appearance on the Charles Adler Tonight radio show, Kenney struggled to answer questions about his record and came under fire for not dropping Mark Smith, a UCP candidate who denounced homosexuality and appeared to compare it to pedophilia, from the party.
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