Alberta Premier Jason Kenney faced down a caucus revolt on Wednesday, as factions within his United Conservative Party coalesced in opposition to his leadership — but a reckoning has been put off to another day. Dave Prisco, UCP director of communications, said Kenney requested that the 2022 UCP AGM take place in the spring and that the scheduled leadership review occur at that time. CBC News understands from sources with knowledge of the meeting that government MLAs introduced a motion challenging Kenney's leadership at some point in the meeting, but later withdrew it. Constituencies consider moving up leadership reviewBefore the caucus meeting Wednesday, some UCP constituency associations were considering passing motions to move up the date, according to media reports. Despite the controversies and conflict, Turton said the caucus meeting was productive.

Source: CBC News September 22, 2021 20:38 UTC