Smith said Thursday she would run for the Conservative Party in the Livingstone-Macleod cavalry for next year’s general election on May 29, 2023. “I had some people in my constituency ask me to give my name, so I had some consultation,” she told 770 CHQR in an interview Thursday night. “This is a constituency that needs a strong local MLA. “There are many issues in the agricultural sector with the supply chain, there are issues with the carbon policy, there are problems with the capacity of hospitals, long-term care, affordable housing. So all the issues that interest me and I think I can do a lot of work to raise their profile, so we can find some solutions here. “ The story goes on under the ad The current UCP MLA for riding is Roger Reid, a local businessman. Smith told 770 CHQR she told Reid about her plan to run on Wednesday. “I just thought it was the decent thing to do, and he makes his own decision about what his future will be,” Smith said. Global News contacted Reid to comment on Smith’s plans. Smith will talk to reporters more about the move on Friday. Party leader and Prime Minister Jason Kenny is set to face a leadership review next month — the results of which could upset the political apple in the province. There was outspoken dissatisfaction on the part of Kenney’s parliamentary group and party with his leadership and policies on COVID-19. Several polls have suggested that a Kenney-led UCP would lose to the opposition NDP in next spring’s election. 1:58 Prime Minister Jason Kenney Defends Recorded Comments Calling Party Opponents “Crazy” Prime Minister Jason Kenney Defends Recorded Comments Calling Party Opponents “Crazy” Kenney, in a bid to quell growing resentment, agreed months ago to increase his leadership vote from this fall to April. The story goes on under the ad
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Last week, the party canceled a plan to have a personal vote in Red Deer – where thousands of members were due to vote on Kenney’s future – and replaced it with a postal vote. The party said there were too many people registered to vote on the size of the venue. “We headed for more than 20,000 dealers for a hotel that could accommodate 2,300 in Red Deer – clearly, of course, impossible to do that,” Kenney told a news conference Monday. “We would have people standing outside for hours non-stop, maybe in snowy weather, with protesters shouting at them from all sides. “It would be a disaster and everyone knows that.” The decision to go to the polls by mail has drawn sharp criticism from some members of Kenney’s parliamentary group, two of whom broke up last week to demand his resignation.
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Smith said she believed the cancellation of the personal meeting and the move to the postal vote was a “wrong decision”. The story goes on under the ad “The real problem we will have with the postal ballot, especially in the countryside (Alberta)… is that I think it will be very difficult to achieve the overthrow, sending 55,000 ballots and returning them by May 18th. ” he said. “Normally you need a lot more time to be able to do that, and I’m worried we will have a lot of… rural members who will be disenfranchised, and then that does not do what you want a leadership vote to do. “You want to join the party. I think it will cause more division. So I think they have to reconsider this decision. “ Trending Stories
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The rules require Kenney to receive 50 percent, plus one, of the vote. Otherwise, a leadership race is triggered. Smith said she believed that if the vote had been taken in person, “the prime minister would have clearly lost.” “Now that there is a wider vote of members, I guess we will see.” While Smith is currently only seeking an MLA once again, she said last fall that if the UCP leadership is open, she believes she should run. “I believe in unity,” he said in a roundtable discussion broadcast live on Western Standard YouTube on November 20, 2021 at the UCP Annual General Meeting in Calgary. The story goes on under the ad Smith told 770 CHQR on Thursday that she fears if the Conservatives are not united and do not split the vote, “then a path for (NDP leader) Rachel Notley is quite clear.” He suggested that Kenney’s recent voice of concern about “crazy people” trying to influence the UCP was not helpful to the unit, and said he believed all people should be treated with compassion as their nerves were shattered by “the last two years”. collective trauma caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent public health measures. Smith has been involved in the Alberta political scene for decades. He became the leader of the most inactive Wildrose Party in 2009 and was the leader of the official opposition after the 2012 provincial elections. After former Prime Minister Allison Redford resigned amid a flurry of scandals and former Cabinet Secretary Jim Prednis became leader and prime minister of the Progressive Conservative Party, Smith and eight others ousted his 2014 MLA in the Wildrose . Alberta Prime Minister Jim Predis and former Wildrose leader Danielle Smith speak to the media after a meeting in Edmonton Alta on Wednesday, December 17, 2014. The Prentice parliamentary group met to discuss an offer by at least half of the official opposition to pass the word. Jason Franson, The Canadian Press However, she lost her seat in the legislature to Carrie Fischer, who won the PC nomination over Smith in the Calgary-Highwood riding. The story goes on under the ad The move made headlines nationwide and destroyed the Wildrose. None of the providers retained their positions after the 2015 provincial elections that saw Rachel Notley and the NDP win power. “People were really angry with me when I made the decision to join Jim (Prentice)’s team and I made it clear without uncertainty that they felt it was wrong and it was wrong, because people wanted me to be the leader of the opposition they chose me to be. “Smith said on Thursday. “But here we are now, a few years later, and the conservative movement has come together and I want to do my part to keep it united.” Laurie Williams, an associate professor of political science at Mount Royal University, told Global News that some of Smith’s criticisms of Kenny were very similar to the criticism she received when she was elected politician. “That she lost touch with the base, that she no longer listens to ordinary conservatives, something she was accused of doing when she crossed the floor,” Williams said. “He seems to want a united conservative party, but he is challenging the leader and adding fuel to the fire of divisions within the party.” 4:55 “It’s a very difficult day”: Danielle Smith talks about the death of her friend and colleague Jim Prentice “It’s a very difficult day”: Danielle Smith talks about the death of her friend, colleague Jim Prentice – October 14, 2016 Brian Jean, who also returned to the Alberta political scene as the UCP MLA for Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche after a run-off earlier this month, took over the leadership of Wildrose after the mass exit. The story goes on under the ad The party rallied under Jean to win 21 seats in the 2015 elections to maintain the official status of the Opposition.
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Jean’s Wildrose merged with computers under Jason Kenney to form what is now the ruling United Conservative Party. Jean expressed his desire to see Kenney resign as leader and said he would be interested in competing for the position if a leadership race ensued. Smith said she has spoken to Jean and has a good relationship with him. He added that if a leadership race unfolds before the next election, it could be very good for the UCP. “Ten people on the race who all sell 20,000 subscriptions, this is a way to revitalize the party, bring people together and talk about some of the differences we’ve had over the last two years,” he said. Williams said she believes the UCP could face challenges from getting involved in internal divisions, while the NDP is able to focus on coming up with ideas to help the Alberts. He also noted that at present only former political party leaders are interested in leading the UCP. “I think the fact that there are no new people who are considered credible is very important,” he said. “I suspect whether Jason Kenney is a failure in the leadership review, or even if he is just over 50 percent and there is doubt, as we hear at the moment …
