David Khan, who has lead the Alberta Liberal Party since 2017, is stepping down to pursue a career in law..“During my time as Alberta Liberal leader, we were powerful advocates on significant issues including regulating political action committees, remediating orphan oil wells, eliminating school segregation rooms and addressing the ‘red alerts’ crisis with EMS. We pushed the provincial government to take action on these matters of concern to Albertans,” Khan said in a statement..“We also raised awareness and grew support for universal basic income, and the necessity of a sales tax. I was proud to advance these forward-thinking ideas to improve the lives of Albertans.”.Calgarian Khan is the first openly gay leader of a major Alberta political party.. POLL: Many Albertans say they will ignore Christmas COVID lockdown .“It has been an honour to serve Albertans and the Alberta Liberal Party,” Khan said..The Liberals have no elected MLAs in Alberta..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
