Jason Kenney
EDMONTON, Alberta, October 19, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — Campaign Life Coalition is backing Jason Kenney in the Alberta United Conservative Party leadership race.
Kenney is one of three men vying for leadership of the UCP, a new center-right party born in July when the Progressive Conservative and Wildrose parties merged.
He and former Wildrose leader Brian Jean are acknowledged frontrunners in the race, which includes Calgary lawyer and longtime Conservative organizer Doug Schweitzer.
Former Wildrose Party president Jeff Callaway dropped out October 4, and now endorses Kenney.
UCP members will vote by preferential, non-weighted ballot between October 26 and 28, and the result announced at the party’s Calgary convention on October 28.
An Angus Reid Institute October 11 poll found 70 percent of Albertans see Premier Rachel Notley’s NDP government as “out of touch with what Albertans really want,” according to Global News.
Angus Reid predicted the victor in the UCP leadership election “will find himself on a relatively promising path to the premier’s office.”
Campaign Life echoes this in its voters’ guide on the contest.
“This is a rare opportunity to elect a pro-lifer to a position where they will almost certainly become Premier
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