Albertans will learn later Thursday who the new premier of the province will be.Voting is wrapping up by members of the United Conservative Party (UCP) to select a successor to Premier Jason Kenney.
How Alberta’s UCP leadership race works Kenney announced in the spring he was leaving after receiving 51 per cent in a party leadership review.“I’m feeling great.
I’m just doing my job. I’m trying to deliver on our commitments to Albertans as long as I have this responsibility,” he said Thursday morning while at a news conference in Calgary.Kenney announced that 50 previously promised intensive care beds are now ready and efforts are underway to bring in more nurses from abroad to address labour shortages.
19 of 50 new ICU beds announced in Alberta budget already open, staffed: Premier Kenney Kenney said he’s often asked why he stuck around as premier after the leadership review instead of handing the reins to an interim leader.“Believe me, I didn’t get into politics for the adulation.