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Other MLAs lose responsibilities

Tracy Allard, premier’s chief of staff resign over holiday travel

Jan 4, 2021 | 12:43 PM

Tracy Allard has resigned as minister of municipal affairs, and Jamie Huckabay has resigned as premier’s chief of staff, at Kenney’s request.

Other MLAs who travelled over the holidays have also lost their legislative responsibilities.

Premier Jason Kenney shared the news on social media this afternoon.

Others who travelled have lost responsibilities.

Kenney said MLA Jeremy Nixon as parliamentary secretary for civil society and MLA Jason Stephan from Treasury Board. Those two and MLAs Tanya Fir, Pat Rehn, and Tany Yao have lost their Legislature committee responsibilities, Kenney added.

“By travelling abroad over the holidays, these individuals demonstrated extremely poor judgment,” he says in the statement.

Transportation Minister Ric McIver will serve as interim Minister of Municipal Affairs, and my Principal Secretary Larry Kaumeyer will serve as interim Chief of Staff.

Kenney says that over the weekend he listened to Albertans who wanted to see real consequences for these actions.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 4, 2021.

The Canadian Press