It will be the first test for the United Conservative Party and its leader Jason Kenney.
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley speaks to a large crowd during a rally in Edmonton on March 17, 2019.Notley asked cheering supporters standing behind her in Calgary this morning if they are ready to fight for an Alberta that benefits everyone."The question is this: do Albertans stick together or do we turn on each other?" she said."Jason Kenney wants two Albertas — one for the wealthy and one for the rest of us. He wants two Albertas divided over people's rights.
It also criticized the former Progressive Conservative government, and said the New Democrats have been working to overcome the failures of the past. The spring election will be the first for the United Conservative Party and its leader Kenney, a federal cabinet minister under former prime minister Stephen Harper.
The United Conservatives were Kenney's answer to unite the right, and were born out of a merger of the Alberta Tories and what was the Opposition Wildrose Party.
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