UPDATED: Jason Kenney's UCP wins majority government in Alberta
Kenney’s victory follows an often heated 28-day-long political slugfest, dominated by name calling and personal attacks, allegations of voter fraud and even a last-minute RCMP search of a UCP candidate’s office.
Kenney called his win a step to getting Albertans back to work, highlighting Alberta’s declining oil and gas industry and the impact it has had on the province’s economy. In Edmonton, Notley put on a brave face for her supporters, teasing that she will be taking advantage of some of Alberta’s craft breweries later in the night.
Notley said she spoke with Kenney before her speech, offering her congratulations and wishing his government well. “He has run a very hard-edged, but effective campaign,” Charles Bird, a Liberal commentator, told CTV News Channel.The former federal minister’s first order of business, he said, would be to repeal the carbon tax and to sue the government over its climate change plan.
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. A number of UCP candidates stepped down or were forced to apologize after espousing bigoted, white nationalist or homophobic views.
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