The Alberta UCP says that it hasn’t scrubbed its now awkward recall legislation election pledge..Instead, a spokesman for the party says it has switched computer servers – and that’s the reason it appears details of their long-awaited recall legislation no longer appears online..Premier Jason Kenney – before and after the 2019 provincial election – has promised to bring in recall legislation, which would give voters the chance to oust an MLA if enough people in the riding signed a petition requesting a by-election..The issue has come back into the limelight again with voters angry about nine – and counting – UCP ministers, MLAs and senior staffers who jetted out of Alberta to enjoy warmer climates after locking Albertans down during Christmas.. Mossleigh pub briefly opens before authorities move in .Halfway through their term, the UCP has not yet delivered on their promise of recall legislation, and used procedural moves to stop a UCP backbencher’s private member’s bill pushing the issue quicker..Senior Tory sources tell the Western Standard that elements mostly aligned with the former Progressive Conservative Party in caucus oppose the legislation, and are pushing for a high signature threshold that would render it largely useless..While news releases and the party’s member-passed policies still include references to recall, it now appears that the key details of the promise on the party’s website have been removed. Users that click on the link are met with a “404” error with a picture of former NDP Premier Rachel Notley under a phrase saying “this link is as broken as the NDP carbon tax.”.But Evan Menzies, Director of Communications for the UCP, said it simply a case of the party switching computer systems. He said the promise is still under the party platform website..“The party changed website providers in September, and as a result many legacy links did not carry over. The promise on recall is in the 2019 platform which is easily findable on the website under the “about” tab: https://www.unitedconservative.ca/2019-platform/ .Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.Twitter.com/nobby769
The Alberta UCP says that it hasn’t scrubbed its now awkward recall legislation election pledge..Instead, a spokesman for the party says it has switched computer servers – and that’s the reason it appears details of their long-awaited recall legislation no longer appears online..Premier Jason Kenney – before and after the 2019 provincial election – has promised to bring in recall legislation, which would give voters the chance to oust an MLA if enough people in the riding signed a petition requesting a by-election..The issue has come back into the limelight again with voters angry about nine – and counting – UCP ministers, MLAs and senior staffers who jetted out of Alberta to enjoy warmer climates after locking Albertans down during Christmas.. Mossleigh pub briefly opens before authorities move in .Halfway through their term, the UCP has not yet delivered on their promise of recall legislation, and used procedural moves to stop a UCP backbencher’s private member’s bill pushing the issue quicker..Senior Tory sources tell the Western Standard that elements mostly aligned with the former Progressive Conservative Party in caucus oppose the legislation, and are pushing for a high signature threshold that would render it largely useless..While news releases and the party’s member-passed policies still include references to recall, it now appears that the key details of the promise on the party’s website have been removed. Users that click on the link are met with a “404” error with a picture of former NDP Premier Rachel Notley under a phrase saying “this link is as broken as the NDP carbon tax.”.But Evan Menzies, Director of Communications for the UCP, said it simply a case of the party switching computer systems. He said the promise is still under the party platform website..“The party changed website providers in September, and as a result many legacy links did not carry over. The promise on recall is in the 2019 platform which is easily findable on the website under the “about” tab: https://www.unitedconservative.ca/2019-platform/ .Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.Twitter.com/nobby769
