Jason Kenney deserves applause for pulling off political feat

However, the new United Conservative Party leader will need to draw upon his deep political skill set, and temper less-savoury traits, to unseat Premier Rachel Notley.

Former Conservative cabinet minister Jason Kenney, pictured in Ottawa in 2015, was named leader of the new United Conservative Party in Alberta on Oct. 28. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

November 1, 2017

OTTAWA—Followers of politics, or even those who study organizational behaviour, can't help but look at what Jason Kenney has just done in Alberta and be somewhat impressed. In what seems like a blink of an eye, but was actually a little under two years, the former cabinet minister to Stephen Harp...

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