{"id":449704,"date":"2022-05-19T17:30:14","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T14:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jason-kenney-exits-stage-right\/"},"modified":"2022-05-19T17:30:14","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T14:30:14","slug":"jason-kenney-exits-stage-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jason-kenney-exits-stage-right\/","title":{"rendered":"#Jason Kenney exits stage right"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e66d4c122f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e66d4c122f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jason-kenney-exits-stage-right\/#%E2%80%9CJason_Kenney_exits_stage_right%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Jason Kenney exits stage right&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CJason_Kenney_exits_stage_right%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Jason Kenney exits stage right&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n                            Politics Insider for May 19: Kenney&#8217;s potential successors prepare to replace him; Patrick Brown complains over racist email; Ed Fast out as finance critic over Pierre Poilievre criticism\n                        <\/div>\n<div>\n                                                                        <strong><em>Welcome to a sneak peek of the\u00a0Maclean\u2019s\u00a0Politics Insider\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>letter.\u00a0Sign up\u00a0to get it delivered\u00a0straight to your inbox in the morning.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jason Kenney<\/strong> won the battle of Alberta on Wednesday night, but not by enough. He took<strong>\u00a051.4 per cent of\u00a034,298 votes<\/strong> in a UCP leadership review and <strong>promptly announced<\/strong> he would step down, the <em>Calgary Herald<\/em> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/calgaryherald.com\/news\/politics\/kenney-secures-51-of-leadership-vote-steps-down-as-ucp-party-leader\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWhile 51 per cent of the vote passes the constitutional threshold of majority, it clearly is not adequate support to continue on as leader,\u201d Kenney said to a crowd gathered at Spruce Meadows in Calgary. \u201cThat is why tonight I will inform the president of the party of my intention to step down as the leader of the United Conservative Party.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Supporters in the room <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CTVNews\/status\/1527094154630778882\">groaned in disbelief<\/a> at the surprise announcement.<\/p>\n<p>CBC\u2019s <strong>Vassy Kapelos<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Legopolis\/status\/1527087642856148992\">spoke for all of us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rachel Notley<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RachelNotley\/status\/1527095003893223424?s=20&amp;t=4z93OE_C8bvOFxQ0rgBmqw\">paid tribute<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CandiceBergenMP\/status\/1527119435143733251\">as did<\/a>\u00a0<strong>Candice Bergen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Early reviews:<\/strong> In the <em>Post<\/em>, <strong>Carson Jarema<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/opinion\/carson-jerema-jason-kenney-quits-as-albertas-conservative-movement-eats-itself\">paid tribute<\/a> to a leader he sees as a consistent conservative. In the <em>Calgary Sun<\/em>, <strong>Rick Bell<\/strong> wrote that Kenney <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/calgarysun.com\/opinion\/columnists\/bell-kenney-never-listened-and-now-hes-out\">never learned<\/a> to listen.<\/p>\n<p>In the <em>Herald<\/em>, <strong>Don Braid<\/strong> predicts a lively race will soon be under way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On your mark:<\/strong> There will be a struggle over whether the UCP edges more to the centre, or veers sharply to the right. Many of the MLAs who opposed Kenney prefer the latter. New MLA <strong>Brian Jean<\/strong> will run.<strong> Danielle Smith<\/strong> will likely join in, too. They\u2019re well-known voices from the party\u2019s past, but many members will want to move beyond the old merger struggles. Jobs Minister <strong>Doug Schweitzer\u2019s<\/strong> name often comes up. So does Finance Minister <strong>Travis Toews<\/strong>. Other campaigns will take shape very quickly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fast attack:<\/strong>\u00a0Also out Wednesday was\u00a0<strong>Ed Fast, <\/strong>who started the day as\u00a0CPC finance critic, CP <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalnewswatch.com\/2022\/05\/18\/tory-finance-critic-says-poilievres-bid-to-fire-macklem-hurts-partys-economic-cred-4\/#.YoWD8pPMLyv\">reports<\/a>. He said Wednesday that <strong>Pierre Poilievre\u2019s<\/strong> pitch to fire the Bank of Canada governor hurts the party\u2019s credibility on economic issues. Fast is co-chairing the leadership campaign of Poilievre rival <strong>Jean Charest.<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019m deeply troubled by suggestions by one of our leadership candidates, that that candidate would be prepared to interfere already at this stage in the independence of our central bank,\u201d Fast said. Later, <strong>Candice Bergen<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidakin\/status\/1527070538878812162\">announced<\/a> Fast will not be critic any longer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>United Grits:<\/strong> In the <em>Globe<\/em>, <strong>Lawrence Martin<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/opinion\/article-trudeaus-advantage-his-house-united-the-other-divided\/\">points out<\/a> that while the Conservatives are divided, the Liberals are unusually united, at least for now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Racism probe:<\/strong> The CPC is investigating a complaint from the <strong>Patrick Brown<\/strong> campaign about a racist email which expressed support for Nazism, CBC reports. <strong>Michelle Rempel Garner,<\/strong> co-chair of Brown\u2019s leadership campaign, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichelleRempel\/status\/1527006649059254273?s=20&amp;t=BTJfL0MJ9xitOakxHfv_fQ\">posted the text<\/a> of the email Wednesday. She said the message was sent after the campaign sent en email denouncing the \u201cwhite replacement\u201d conspiracy theory.\u00a0Poilievre denounced the email: \u201cI reject all racism. If you are a racist, I don\u2019t want your vote.\u201d Rempel had a column in the Post on Wednesday <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/opinion\/michelle-rempel-garner-we-have-a-duty-to-reject-conspiracy-theories-about-white-replacement\">urging<\/a>\u00a0Canadians to reject the racist conspiracy theory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deplores racism: Marco Mendocino<\/strong> says the racism and white supremacy behind\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/world\/buffalo-shooting-racist-hate-crime-1.6455228\"><u>the mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y.<\/u><\/a>, are alive and well in Canada, <em>As It H<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ens<\/em>\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/asithappens\/as-it-happens-the-wednesday-edition-1.6458296\/white-supremacy-is-a-harsh-reality-in-canada-says-public-safety-minister-1.6458298?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar\">reports:<\/a>\u00a0\u201d\u00a0It is a harsh reality that exists not only in the United States, but, indeed, in Canada and around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Justin Trudeau<\/strong> said on Wednesday that Conservative \u201ctough on crime\u201d policies were \u201creally just tough on Black Canadians and Indigenous Canadians,\u201d Global <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/8845795\/justin-trudeau-conservative-tough-on-crime-comment\/\">reports<\/a>. The Conservatives accused the Liberals of planning to \u201cmake it allowable for criminals to get house arrest\u201d by repealing mandatory minimum sentences.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHe\u2019s going after law-abiding Canadians but going soft on gangsters,\u201d said Conservative MP Shannon Stubbs before asking: \u201cWill he scrap Bill C-5?\u201d Trudeau said the government is repealing \u201cfailed\u201d Conservative policies. \u201cThey claim to be tough on crime but really they\u2019re just tough on Black Canadians and Indigenous people,\u201d Trudeau said before being drowned out by shouts.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Watching 96: Trudeau<\/strong> said Wednesday his government is watching \u201ccarefully\u201d how Quebec\u2019s Bill 96 is playing out and defended the right of MPs to protest, CTV <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/politics\/trudeau-says-ottawa-watching-quebec-s-proposed-changes-to-language-law-carefully-1.5909171?cid=sm%3Atrueanthem%3A%7B%7Bcampaignname%7D%7D%3Atwitterpost%E2%80%8B&amp;taid=6285575c8664e8000198753c&amp;utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=twitter\">reports<\/a>. He commented after members of the Bloc Quebecois argued it was \u201cunacceptable\u201d that a \u201clarge contingent\u201d of Liberal MPs went to Montreal over the weekend to demonstrate against Bill 96, a language law that Quebec anglos say would restrict their access to services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gala or jail?<\/strong> Crown prosecutors want \u201cFreedom convoy\u201d organizer <strong>Tamara Lich<\/strong> sent back to jail, claiming she breached bail conditions by agreeing to participate in an event next month, CTV <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/canada\/crown-wants-freedom-convoy-organizer-tamara-lich-returned-to-jail-to-await-trial-1.5908985\">reports<\/a>. At a gala on June 16,\u00a0Lich is to receive the \u201c<strong>George Jonas<\/strong> Freedom Award\u201d from the\u00a0Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms.\u00a0The Toronto gala will feature a keynote speech by <em>Post<\/em> columnist <strong>Rex Murphy<\/strong>. VIP tickets cost $500.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ford charged:<\/strong> Ottawa law prof <strong>Amir Attaran<\/strong>\u00a0has filed a private criminal prosecution against <strong>Doug Ford<\/strong> for breaking federal quarantine law during a March newser in which he took off his mask, the <em>Citizen<\/em> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/news\/local-news\/law-professor-files-private-criminal-prosecution-against-ford-for-removing-mask-while-in-quarantine\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Buddies now: Susan Delacourt<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/political-opinion\/2022\/05\/18\/what-does-justin-trudeau-have-to-do-with-ontarios-election-campaign-just-ask-doug-ford.html\">notes<\/a> in the <em>Star<\/em> that\u00a0Ford, who once inveighed against Trudeau, is now, in campaign mode, talking about how well they work together.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ford doesn\u2019t talk about Trudeau all of the time while he\u2019s on the road campaigning to keep his job as premier after June 2. But after that election-eve announcement for the auto industry in Windsor, the Progressive Conservative leader has dropped occasional references to how well he works with the Trudeau government. During the debate in North Bay a week or so ago, Ford even talked about those long nightly phone calls he had during the early days of the pandemic with <strong>Chrystia Freeland<\/strong>, the now-deputy prime minister he called his \u201ctherapist.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Pox in Canada?<\/strong> Health officials said Wednesday that the first confirmed case of monkeypox in the United States this year recently <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>led to Canada, Global <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/8846024\/canada-us-monkeypox-cases\/\">reports<\/a>.\u00a0PHAC said no cases of monkeypox have been reported to the agency as of Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ejected:<\/strong> Two members of the Saskatchewan legislature were ejected for unparliamentary language on Wednesday, CP <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalnewswatch.com\/2022\/05\/18\/two-members-of-saskatchewan-legislature-kicked-out-of-assembly-over-language\/#.YoWFIpPMLyv\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prince mobbed: Prince Charles<\/strong> was mobbed by well-wishers during a visit to Ottawa. <em>Maclean\u2019s<\/em> royal watcher Patricia Treble was there, noting that the prince and the Duchess of Cornwall aim to avoid mistakes Charles\u2019s eldest son encountered during an ill-fated tour of the Caribbean in March.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Unlike the Cambridges\u2019s trip, which back-loaded important events, this one begins with perhaps the most sensitive issue for the host nation: the damage inflicted on Indigenous peoples by the government policies, especially the horrors of the residential school system. In his speech at the official greeting on Tuesday, Charles said: \u201cI have greatly appreciated the opportunity to discuss with the Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> the vital process of reconciliation in this country\u2014not a one-off act, of course, but an ongoing commitment to healing, respect and understanding.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Apology sought:<\/strong> AFN national chief RoseAnne Archibald met with Charles and later told reporters the Queen must apologize for the Crown\u2019s \u201congoing failure to fulfil its treaty agreements\u201d with Indigenous peoples, CBC <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/afn-queen-apology-residential-schools-1.6458791\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Byelection coming:<\/strong>\u00a0Liberal\u00a0<strong>Sven Spengemann<\/strong> is leaving his Toronto-area seat to take a UN job, which will force a by-election later this year, CP <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/politics\/liberal-mp-announces-resignation-from-gta-seat-to-take-un-job\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2014 Stephen Maher<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"under-article-widget-nl\">\n<p class=\"under-article-widget-title\">Looking for more?<\/p>\n<p class=\"under-article-widget-description\">Get the best of <em>Maclean<\/em>&#8216;s sent straight to your inbox. 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