In the past 12 months of polling, the NDP under Rachel Notley has surged in popularity as the UCP has plummeted. The discontent and internal criticism have been steadily growing against the man who came to save Alberta from the NDP. There have been several incidents with ministers, including Tyler Shandro replaced as health minister over the handling of the pandemic and the loss of faith from the medical community, and Kaycee Madu taking a step back as justice minister after calling EdmontonвЂ™s police chief after he received a distracted driving ticket while in a school zone.ДЇorestry and agricultural minister Devin Dreeshen resigned over allegations of drinking at work and Tracy Allard resigned as municipal affairs minister after she took a trip to Hawaii at Christmas in 2020 despite recommendations against non-essential travel at the time. Across Canada, AlbertaвЂ™s response has been one of the worst as public health restrictions were eased too early, instituted too late and more focus placed on blaming the federal government than pushing the vaccine.ДЄlberta has regularly led in the highest positive COVID tests in the country and has often been the lowest in vaccines received. The handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has been divisive among party members. No political party is ever 100 per cent united вЂ“ nor should it be вЂ“ but the last two years especially have shown a fractured UCP caucus.

Though itвЂ™s clear recent decisions are taking aim at influencing how members of the UCP view Kenney, the April 9 leadership review in Red Deer will have a cloud hanging over it for the past three years of his leading the party.Д¬ountless cabinet minister scandals, flip-flopping on coal mining policy, having a patio dinner party during COVID-19 restrictions, the debacle of $1.3 billion spent on the Keystone XL pipeline, the massive blowback against the draft K-6 curriculum and AlbertaвЂ™s $30-million energy war room taking on Netflix childrenвЂ™s movies have proven to be non-stop embarrassments. Ironically, KenneyвЂ™s $30-million war room drew scores of concerns on the ability to protest and speak freely on the governmentвЂ™s environmental and energy policies.ДЇive environmental groups followed through earlier this month and sued Kenney and the provincial government for defamation over claims foreign funding was being used to spread misinformation about the environmental impacts of fossil fuels. While itвЂ™s fair to question the use of the Emergency Act, asking for help days before is hypocritical and there are already active lawsuits challenging the federal governmentвЂ™s use of the act. The latest announcement that the province would file a court challenge on the federal governmentвЂ™s use of the Emergency Act is another public relations move вЂ“ one that comes only two weeks after the province pleaded with the federal government for help in assisting with the protest and blockade in Coutts.

The recent ease of public health restrictions showed a priority had been placed on the popularity polls and appeasing elements of his party rather than the health of Alberta residents. The UCPвЂ™s 2021 general meeting is scheduled to be in person from Nov.The UCPвЂ™s provincial leadership review is about six weeks away and Jason Kenney is in full-on save his job mode. NDP Opposition Leader Rachel Notley has accused KenneyвЂ™s UCP government of making politically-motivated public health decisions and being distracted by party вЂњinfighting, backstabbing and high school dramaвЂќ when it should be focused on protecting the health-care system. If 22 ridings pass a resolution - now circulating among constituency associations - Kenney could face a leadership review before March 1. However, some party members are pushing for the review to happen even earlier. While Alberta faces a health-care crisis amid soaring COVID-19 hospitalization numbers, Kenney said last week he was focused on the pandemic and not internal party politics, calling an immediate leadership review вЂњgrossly irresponsible.вЂќ

Article contentДЄlso on Tuesday, a UCP vice-president of policy who publicly called for KenneyвЂ™s resignationВ and pushed for an early leadership reviewВ was removed from the partyвЂ™s board of directors. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.

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