Alberta UCP caucus has ‘no business’ signing separation vote petition; former premier

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 says the party, which he helped create and used to lead, has a charter that says it’s committed to a strong Alberta within a united Canada.

He says since UCP members were elected on that platform, he hopes they haven’t signed the petition.

One leader of the petition campaign to force a vote to leave Canada has said some members of Premier Danielle Smith’s caucus have signed on.