Anonymous ID: 61e458 April 18, 2019, 4:51 a.m. No.6222157   🗄️.is 🔗kun

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What a time to enter the world

Anonymous ID: 61e458 April 18, 2019, 5:33 a.m. No.6222472   🗄️.is 🔗kun

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-politics-alberta/conservative-victory-in-canadas-alberta-may-spell-trouble-for-trudeau-idUSKCN1RT1MT

 

Conservative victory in Canada's Alberta may spell trouble for Trudeau

 

The landslide election win of a right-leaning, pro-energy industry party in Canada’s main oil-producing province of Alberta signals momentum may be building against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau months ahead of a federal election in October.

 

The United Conservative Party (UCP) trounced the left-leaning New Democratic Party (NDP) government in Tuesday’s provincial election by tapping into frustration over the economy and a struggling oil and gas industry.

 

“Alberta is open for business!” UCP leader Jason Kenney said in a victory speech in Calgary on Tuesday.

 

Kenney’s supporters, many wearing cowboy hats, roared when he drove directly into the venue in his blue campaign pickup truck emblazoned with the slogan, “Alberta Strong & Free.”

 

Kenney, who had dominated in opinion polls ahead of the vote, promised to defend Albertans against Trudeau and the federal government who, he said, were taking advantage of the province and its oil and gas.

 

The vote comes at a challenging time for Trudeau, who has been mired in a scandal reut.rs/2Zhjx2P over allegations of interference in a corporate corruption case that has led to the resignations of two Cabinet members and his top adviser.

 

The scandal has cost the Liberal Party prime minister his lead over Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer, opinion polls show.

 

Kenney’s victory also appeared to signal a conservative shift in the country ahead of the national vote. Alberta is the third major province to have picked a right-leaning premier over the past year, following Ontario and Quebec.

 

Results of the vote, with the count nearly complete, showed the UCP won 63 out of 87 seats in the provincial legislature. Kenney, 50, a former federal Cabinet minister, will be sworn in as premier on April 30 and the legislature will convene in the third week of May.

 

Shares of major energy companies climbed, with the Toronto Stock Exchange energy index closing up 1.4%. Cenovus Energy Inc rose 3% to C$13.56, and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd surged 3.2% to C$41.80.

 

A number of Canada’s largest energy companies including Suncor Energy Inc, Imperial Oil Ltd and Husky Energy Inc said they looked forward to working with the new government.

 

“To many of our fellow oil and gas workers who are out of work, underemployed, or otherwise without hope, it feels like spring has returned to Alberta,” said Mark Scholz, chief executive of the Canadian Association of Oilwell Drilling Contractors.

 

Tim McMillan, chief executive of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, said Alberta now had an opportunity to lure back investors that left the province during the past few years.