Further, Kenney would have to forgo any federal leadership bid. However, several Kenney supporters and Alberta Conservatives have speculated that he plans to seek the leadership of the province’s Progressive Conservative Party under a unite-the-right banner. Conservative MP Jason Kenney will be making an announcement about his future on Wednesday as rumours mount that he plans to leave federal politics to lead a unite-the-right bid in Alberta. The Progressive Conservative Party will select a new leader in March of 2017. At that event, in Cochrane, Kenney said he would make an announcement about his plans in the “near future.”Uniting the Wildrose and the Progressive Conservatives will present any leadership hopeful with several legal, financial and cultural challenges.

Source: National Post July 05, 2016 00:00 UTC