Drew Barnes and Todd Loewen call for Kenney's resignation

By Brian Konrad

Independents say Kenney should live up to promise

Independent MLAs say Kenney must step down

Jun 8, 2021 | 6:06 AM

EDMONTON — Alberta’s two independent MLAs want Jason Kenney to live up to his own standards and resign as party leader and Premier.

Cypress-Medicine Hat MLA Drew Barnes and Central Peace-Notley member Todd Loewen say Kenney’s apology for breaking public health restrictions during a rooftop dinner with other cabinet members a week ago, “is no comfort to the many Alberta individuals and organizations that his government is currently targeting with legal action regarding public health restrictions.”

In a news release, the two former UCP members say the Premier’s actions are undermining the government’s business on a number of fronts.

“Today, for example, he held a press conference to outline this fall’s upcoming referendum on Equalization. This is a historic opportunity for Albertans to stand together and demand a fair deal from Ottawa. Yet the Premier received only one media question about the referendum. The rest focused on his personal failure to live up to his own standards” says the release.

Barnes and Loewen note that in January, in the wake of the COVID-19 travel scandal, the Premier said Albertans want there to be consequences.

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In April, they say the Premier announced during a press conference he would expel any health restriction violators from the UCP caucus.

Barnes and Loewen say ” we believe the Premier must now live up to his own standards, accept the same sanctions he would apply to others, and step down as Premier and leader of the UCP party.”