Notice Board

The Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs (SACPA) presents a session with political scientist Dr. Duane Bratt as he discusses the ups and downs of the United Conservative Party throughout the last few years.

How are Albertans likely to be Affected by the recent UCP Leadership Review?

Thursday, June 2, 2022, from 12 to 1 p.m. MDT

YouTube Live link:    https://youtu.be/1yv8Oow9b1o

United Conservative Party (UCP) members voted by mail-in ballot from April 9 to May 11 on whether or not they had confidence in their leader, Jason Kenney. On May 18, 2022, the result was scheduled to be announced. Originally, a special general meeting was planned to be an in-person voting event in Red Deer, but because of soaring attendee numbers, it was decided by the provincial UCP board to move the vote to a mail-in ballot over a five-week period.

Plenty of questions have surrounded the leadership of premier Kenney and his UCP government since being elected in 2019 and even before, in 2017, when Kenney won the UCP leadership race ahead of Brian Jean in a contest still being investigated by the RCMP. The speaker will look back on the past few years of notable controversies involving Kenney before the leadership review and as well, analyze how the result of such may affect the UCP, Albertans and Alberta politics.

Speaker:                    Dr. Duane Bratt

Duane Bratt is a political science professor in the Department of Economics, Justice, and Policy Studies at Mount Royal University (Calgary). He was educated at the Universities of Windsor (BA 1991, MA 1992) and Alberta (PhD 1996). He teaches in the area of international relations and Canadian public policy. His primary research interest is in the area of Canadian nuclear policy.

Recent publications include: co-editor, Orange Chinook: Politics in the New Alberta (University of Calgary Press, 2018), co-editor, Readings in Canadian Foreign Policy: Classic Debates and New Ideas 3rd edition (Oxford University Press, 2015) and author of Canada, the Provinces, and the Global Nuclear Revival (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2012). Current projects include the risk assessment of Canada’s nuclear waste site selection process. Duane is also a regular commentator on political events.

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