Political analyst Trevor Harrison said the challenge for Smith is to bridge that urban-rural divide and then regain lost ground.
is to name her new cabinet Friday, with a lot of jobs to fill, fewer people to fill them and a conspicuous urban-rural divide to bridge.
This is the second cabinet for Smith, who is coming off her United Conservatives’ general election win on May 29.The UCP has a workable, but sharply curtailed, 49-seat caucus in the 87-seat legislature.LGBTQ community not surprised, but disappointed in Jennifer Johnson win The UCP was shut out by the NDP in Edmonton and now has just 12 of 26 seats in its traditional urban base in Calgary. The NDP overall will have 38 members across the aisle in Opposition .
“She is going to have to find at least enough people who look like they have street cred with the cities and at the same time, she also has to appeal to a lot of her rural folks, and where do you put them in ?”The UCP has seen a brain drain of talent and cabinet experience, either through retirements or election losses. There are vacancies in crucial portfolios of Health, Finance, Justice, Environment, Social Services and Mental Health and Addiction.
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