Alberta Politics: Rank and file UCP MLAs are momentarily powerful – which likely explains Danielle Smiths’ partial Sovereignty Act climbdown

Given everything that’s happened up to now, no one should be surprised by the United Conservative Party’s awkward flip-flop on Premier Danielle Smith’s rapidly deflating “Sovereignty Act.” Alberta Premier Danielle Smith (Photo: Alberta Newsroom/Flickr). Think about it: Rank and file UCP MLAs, many of whom were not all that comfortable

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Alberta Politics: Time for a changeup? UCP Caucus’s money troubles are funny and ironic, but not enough to win an election for the NDP

PHOTOS: NDP Health Minister Sarah Hoffman. Is she the best person to hold Alberta’s finance portfolio as Alberta’s 2019 election edges nearer? Below: Finance Minister Joe Ceci and Jason Kenney, the conservative politician most likely to lead the United Conservative Party into the next provincial election. The pecuniary difficulties faced

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