Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he won’t run in next UCP leadership race
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he is not going to be working within the race to choose a brand new chief of his United Conservative Get together.
Kenney informed his call-in radio present on Corus Leisure radio stations in Alberta that if he was contemplating working, he wouldn’t be staying on as UCP chief till the brand new chief is chosen. Corus is the father or mother firm of International Information.
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It was the primary time Kenney took questions surrounding his shock determination this week to step down regardless of profitable a celebration management evaluation.
Kenney captured simply 51 per cent of the vote within the mail-in poll of celebration members however mentioned that’s not sufficient of a mandate to stay within the prime job.
The premier says he anticipated a better assist quantity based mostly on conversations he had been having across the province, however admits he was truly a bit relieved when he noticed the consequence.
He says at 53 he’s too younger to retire however will now have time to pursue some private issues that he has needed to postpone for years.
