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Jason Thomas Kenney is a Canadian former politician who served as the 18th premier of Alberta from 2019 until 2022, and the leader of the United Conservative Party from 2017 until 2022. He also served as the member of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Lougheed from 2017 until 2022. Kenney was the last leader of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party before the party merged with the Wildrose Party to form the UCP. Prior to entering Alberta provincial politics, he served in various cabinet posts under Prime Minister Stephen Harper from 2006 to 2015.

Kenney studied philosophy at the University of San Francisco, but returned to Canada without completing his degree. In 1989, he was hired as the first executive director of the Alberta Taxpayers Association before becoming the president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. Kenney was elected to the House of Commons in the 1997 federal election for the Reform Party. In 2000, he was re-elected as a Canadian Alliance candidate and then was re-elected five times as a candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada.

Following the Conservative victory in the 2006 federal election, Kenney was appointed parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister Harper. In January 2007, he was sworn into the Privy Council as the secretary of state for multiculturalism and Canadian identity. Kenney held the post of minister for citizenship, immigration and multiculturalism from October 2008 to July 2013, when he became minister of employment and social development and minister for multiculturalism. In February 2015, he was named minister of national defence. Kenney was considered a potential party leader following the defeat of the Conservative government in October 2015 and resignation of Harper as leader.In July 2016, Kenney announced his intention to run for the leadership of the Alberta PCs in that party's 2017 leadership election. Kenney resigned his seat in Parliament on September 23, after sitting in the House of Commons for over 19 years. He was elected party leader on March 18, 2017, on a platform of merging with the Wildrose Party. He was leader until the merger was effected on July 24. Kenney was then elected United Conservative Party leader on October 28.

On April 16, 2019, Kenney led the United Conservative Party to a majority government in the 2019 Alberta general election, defeating incumbent Premier Rachel Notley of the New Democratic Party. Kenney came under criticism for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic from members within the UCP and the general public, triggering a leadership review in May 2022. On May 18, 2022, Kenney narrowly won the leadership review 51.4% to 48.6%, but announced that this support was insufficient and that he would step down as UCP leader. Kenney remained premier until October 11, 2022. Danielle Smith was chosen to succeed him by the United Conservative Party on October 6, 2022. Wikipedia

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Famous Jason Kenney Quotes

“[Canada] is an imperfect country, but it is still a great country, just as John A. Macdonald was an imperfect man but was still a great leader.”

Jason Kenney

On the renaming of Langevin School in Calgary to Riverside School https://globalnews.ca/news/7912688/alberta-indigenous-history-jason-kenney-cancel-culture/ (1 June 2021)
2020s

“We cannot continue indefinitely to impair the social and economic — as well as the mental health and physiological health of the broader population — for potentially a year for an influenza that does not generally threaten life apart from the elderly and the immunocompromised.”

Jason Kenney

On the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta https://globalnews.ca/news/7000260/alberta-premier-jason-kenney-covid-19-speech-trumpian/ (28 May 2020)
2020s

“We’re not climate deniers, we’re climate tax deniers.”

Jason Kenney

[https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/graham-thomson-jason-kenney-quick-to-attack-ndps-climate-plan-slow-to-show-his-own On proposals for a carbon tax] (14 March 2018)
2010s

“I don’t think it’s right to keep secrets from parents about challenges their kids are going through.”

Jason Kenney

On whether schools should automatically notify parents if a student joins a Gay-Straight Alliance club https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/kenney-parents-should-be-told-if-child-joins-gay-straight-alliance (29 March 2017)
2010s

“Sometimes the government has to answer questions with ambiguous language.”

Jason Kenney

In an interview with Macleans https://www.macleans.ca/politics/jason-kenney-on-life-after-ottawa-and-uniting-albertas-right/ (28 September 2016)
2010s

“At that one very public moment, of a very public declaration of one’s loyalty to one’s fellow citizens and country, one should do so openly, proudly and publicly, without one’s face hidden.”

Jason Kenney

On banning wearing of the niqab during Canadian citizenship ceremonies https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/16/canada-government-islamic-veil-niqab-ban-citizenship (16 September 2015)
2010s