Alberta UCP caucus has 'no business' signing separation vote petition: former premier [View all]

Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney says the governing United Conservative Party caucus has "no business" signing a petition to force a vote on the province quitting Canada.

Kenney, in an interview Monday, said the party he helped create in 2017 and lead until 2022, was founded with the principle that it's committed to a strong Alberta within a united Canada.

"If you've run on a platform, let's say in the 2019 and the last Alberta election — twice under the UCP banner — you have been running as someone who believes in a united Canada," Kenney said.

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The former premier's comments come after a leader of the petition campaign to force a vote to leave Canada claimed members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative caucus have signed their names.

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"If these folks really hate Canada and they really adore the United States and [President] Donald Trump, then there's a border crossing or two that they can take tomorrow," Kenney said.

"Claim asylum in the United States. Deal with ICE and get the hell out of our country if you are going to undermine us and [are] working with foreign powers to do so."

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I never, never, never thought I would agree with Kenny on ANYTHING but I agree with everything he said here.