This column is an opinion by Michael Solberg, a partner and co-owner of New West Public Affairs, a government and public relations firm based in Calgary. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please see the FAQ.
Apart from the looming 2023 general election, April 9 was supposed to be the most important date in Alberta’s upcoming political calendar.
On that day, Premier Jason Kenney was to face an in-person leadership review that had the potential to attract up to 20,000 United Conservative Party (UCP) members to Red Deer.
Had it come to pass, the special general meeting would have marked the most attended political
