While Kenney’s opponents were able to go after him on one question related to social conservative policies, the UCP Leader was able to duck and weave enough to avoid any solid blows at the leaders’ debate
The night before Alberta’s one and only leaders’ debate, United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney made an appearance on the Charles Adler radio show.
While Ms. Notley was her effective self, she did not match her performance of 2015, when she mopped the floor with Progressive Conservative party leader Jim Prentice. Admittedly, Mr. Prentice did himself no favours when he condescendingly said to Ms. Notley “I know math is hard,” in explaining the intricacies of the province’s finances. In a flat second he lost thousands of women’s votes.
And it would seem the Alberta public is willing to turn a blind eye to the many controversies that have dogged the UCP since the campaign began, ones mostly related to the questionable values espoused by people the party has attracted to its camp.It’s hard to believe, actually, that a single so-called “bozo eruption” – the term former Wildrose leader Danielle Smith gave to the “lake of fire” controversy – once changed the course of an election in Alberta.
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