Premier Smith looking to Edmonton-area UCP election winners for cabinet posts

Premier Smith looking to Edmonton-area UCP election winners for cabinet posts ableg abpoli

Although 49 out of 87 winning candidates in the election ran under the UCP banner, Smith has said Lacombe-Ponoka member-elect Jennifer Johnson will sit as an independent after a recording surfaced of Johnson making transphobic comments.“All I can tell you is I’ve sent a letter to Speaker Cooper letting him know that she won’t be sitting with us in our caucus,” Smith told Jespersen. The legislative session is scheduled to begin again in October.

On Thursday, Smith was asked how she would reconcile her stance on greenhouse gas emissions with the fact that experts say climate change contributes to the hot and dry conditions that increase wildfire risk.Article content

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