A Free Alberta Strategy spokesman says the Alberta premier is misrepresenting its proposal and is taking advantage of the timing of his own comments to excuse his statements on the Alberta Sovereignty Act. .Premier Jason Kenney said the implementation of the Alberta Sovereignty Act would be "catastrophically stupid," and he would not support it.."Kenney appears to be focused on saying anything he can to help his political allies," Free Alberta Strategy spokesman Peter McCaffrey told the Western Standard.."He's misrepresented our proposal, and is misrepresenting the timing of his own comments to excuse his statements. We're focused on helping advance the cause of Alberta and Albertans.".READ MORE: Kenney says he would vote against sovereignty act calling it 'catastrophically stupid.On Thursday, Free Alberta Strategy posted to its website, "If you're reading this, Jason Kenney thinks you're a far-right extremist."."As ridiculous as it sounds, Jason Kenney says that our Free Alberta Strategy group and our supporters (i.e. you!) are 'far-right extremists,' simply for wanting Alberta to have the same sovereignty rights that Quebec already has! Presumably, that means he also thinks the 10 MLAs who endorsed our plan are far-right extremists," the Free Alberta Strategy website stated..UCP leadership candidate Smith released an overview of the proposed Alberta Sovereignty Act on Tuesday, which prompted mainstream media to ask Kenney about the act during his press conference. Reporters asked Kenney his opinion on the overview released by Smith, which left the premier puzzled.."I don't know what you're talking about. Today, I am looking at the detailed outline that was published for the sovereignty act by a far-right special interest group a year ago. That's the one I've been commenting on now for a year," Kenney said..Read More: Kenney met with Lt. Gov hours before ‘political interference’ over Sovereignty Act.That "far right special interest group" the premier is referring to is the Free Alberta Strategy, which claims it is not far right and standing up for Albertans.."Calling us all 'far right' is just co-opting the talking points of angry blue check marks on Twitter who seem to believe that painting anything you don’t like as 'far right' is a good way to discredit an idea without having to thoughtfully engage with it," Free Alberta Strategy stated.."It’s nothing more than a scare tactic.".The group stated they believe it is improper for the premier to get involved in the political race to replace him.."Kenney, of course, has the gall to claim that he's not getting involved in the leadership race at all. He has two excuses for this," Free Alberta Strategy stated.."One, he claims he's just talking about policy and that he's just repeating his comments on our plan, that he's made repeatedly since we launched it last year. The only problem with that excuse is that we can't find a single reported statement by Kenney about our plan from before it became an issue in the leadership."."In fact, the earliest comment we can find from him is from just three weeks ago at the height of the leadership race. We would have noticed if the premier had mentioned us sooner!".Second, the group said Kenney claims he is defending the UCP's official statement of principles, that include "loyalty to a united Canada".."The only problem with that excuse is that that clause isn't in the UCP's official statement of principles. In fact, it was the only clause from Jason Kenney's draft statement of principles that was explicitly rejected by the UCP membership at their founding convention. Go and look it up on the party website for yourself," Free Alberta Strategy said in its post on its website.."In other words, Jason Kenney claims that it's purely a coincidence that his attacks are aimed at a policy being promoted by his unpreferred candidate."
A Free Alberta Strategy spokesman says the Alberta premier is misrepresenting its proposal and is taking advantage of the timing of his own comments to excuse his statements on the Alberta Sovereignty Act. .Premier Jason Kenney said the implementation of the Alberta Sovereignty Act would be "catastrophically stupid," and he would not support it.."Kenney appears to be focused on saying anything he can to help his political allies," Free Alberta Strategy spokesman Peter McCaffrey told the Western Standard.."He's misrepresented our proposal, and is misrepresenting the timing of his own comments to excuse his statements. We're focused on helping advance the cause of Alberta and Albertans.".READ MORE: Kenney says he would vote against sovereignty act calling it 'catastrophically stupid.On Thursday, Free Alberta Strategy posted to its website, "If you're reading this, Jason Kenney thinks you're a far-right extremist."."As ridiculous as it sounds, Jason Kenney says that our Free Alberta Strategy group and our supporters (i.e. you!) are 'far-right extremists,' simply for wanting Alberta to have the same sovereignty rights that Quebec already has! Presumably, that means he also thinks the 10 MLAs who endorsed our plan are far-right extremists," the Free Alberta Strategy website stated..UCP leadership candidate Smith released an overview of the proposed Alberta Sovereignty Act on Tuesday, which prompted mainstream media to ask Kenney about the act during his press conference. Reporters asked Kenney his opinion on the overview released by Smith, which left the premier puzzled.."I don't know what you're talking about. Today, I am looking at the detailed outline that was published for the sovereignty act by a far-right special interest group a year ago. That's the one I've been commenting on now for a year," Kenney said..Read More: Kenney met with Lt. Gov hours before ‘political interference’ over Sovereignty Act.That "far right special interest group" the premier is referring to is the Free Alberta Strategy, which claims it is not far right and standing up for Albertans.."Calling us all 'far right' is just co-opting the talking points of angry blue check marks on Twitter who seem to believe that painting anything you don’t like as 'far right' is a good way to discredit an idea without having to thoughtfully engage with it," Free Alberta Strategy stated.."It’s nothing more than a scare tactic.".The group stated they believe it is improper for the premier to get involved in the political race to replace him.."Kenney, of course, has the gall to claim that he's not getting involved in the leadership race at all. He has two excuses for this," Free Alberta Strategy stated.."One, he claims he's just talking about policy and that he's just repeating his comments on our plan, that he's made repeatedly since we launched it last year. The only problem with that excuse is that we can't find a single reported statement by Kenney about our plan from before it became an issue in the leadership."."In fact, the earliest comment we can find from him is from just three weeks ago at the height of the leadership race. We would have noticed if the premier had mentioned us sooner!".Second, the group said Kenney claims he is defending the UCP's official statement of principles, that include "loyalty to a united Canada".."The only problem with that excuse is that that clause isn't in the UCP's official statement of principles. In fact, it was the only clause from Jason Kenney's draft statement of principles that was explicitly rejected by the UCP membership at their founding convention. Go and look it up on the party website for yourself," Free Alberta Strategy said in its post on its website.."In other words, Jason Kenney claims that it's purely a coincidence that his attacks are aimed at a policy being promoted by his unpreferred candidate."
