In his two-plus years as premier, Jason Kenney has been called plenty of mean things by people who oppose his policies and politics. But even he is probably caught off guard by the new nickname that some people have for him: traitor. After all, it’s coming from the same conservative Christian community he’s courted assiduously throughout his political career.
That name-calling grew louder this week. On Tuesday, Kenney announced new restrictions in an attempt to head off the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. A day later, local RCMP officers and Alberta Health Services officials erected a fence around the Grace Life Church in Spruce Grove after it repeatedly refused to follow public health guidelines and restrict the number of in-person worshippers. In response, 16 members of his own caucus put their names on a letter demanding he roll back the recent restrictions and open up the economy.
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