Behind closed doors, he’s really good at building consensusAlberta’s United Conservative Party gathers in Calgary this weekend for only its second convention ever. In 2016, Kenney left federal politics to return to his home province with a mission to unite an Albertan right divided between an old, tired Progressive Conservative party and an unsteady Wildrose party. The hands-on approach has been a partial key to his success in uniting the two conservative parties in Alberta and securing the leadership. “The question of course is the long term trend.”*****There are three risks sources identified for Kenney and the United Conservatives. The premier of Alberta can’t on his or her own get a cross-border pipeline built or get oil prices higher.

Source: National Post November 30, 2019 00:22 UTC