As premier, his leadership skills were found lacking\u003B he failed to listen or to persuade his own caucus to support the government’s agenda
In Jason Kenney’s case it would be his idiosyncrasies. He is, after Thursday, the former premier of Alberta, in part because he is such an unconventional guy — a professional politician with 25 years frontline experience, who has a profound understanding of policy, and whose career has been on a constant upward trajectory, until his recent downfall.Sign up to receive the daily top stories from the National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
John Ivison: Surely nothing could go horribly wrong with Trudeau’s hastily cobbled-together dental-care plan As Kenney put it in an interview with National Post on Wednesday, the pandemic proved to be “a crisis almost purpose-built to divide a coalition like ours,” as he was obliged to introduce restrictions against his own better judgment and the will of many in the governing party.
He defended his record during the pandemic, saying the per capita fatality rate in Alberta was lower than the Canadian average and that of three other provinces, despite having some of the lightest restrictions in the country. “Was the response perfect? Absolutely not. But, unlike other provinces, we never had to ship an ICU patient out of the province.”Article content
At the federal level, he said he was worried about the appeal to more extreme elements by his former intern, Pierre Poilievre, during the Conservative leadership race.
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