The Deputy Speaker of the House is calling out Alberta Premier Jason Kenney for violating the province’s COVID-19 restrictions with a patio dinner, and asking…
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Premier Jason Kenney is doubling down on the claim that he and three of his cabinet ministers did not violate public health orders with a Tuesday night patio…
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Publishing date: Jun 04, 2021 • 46 minutes ago • 3 minute read • Kenney and some cabinet ministers are pictured a patio in the Federal Building in Edmonton taken on June 1, 2021. From the top right is Jason Nixon, Minister of Environment & Parks, Government House Leader, Health Minister Tyler Shandro and with his back to the camera is Premier Jason Kenney. Supplied image. jpg
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The Alberta legislature’s deputy speaker is calling out Premier Jason Kenney for violating the province’s COVID-19 restrictions with a patio dinner, and asking him to level the playing field for businesses.
In a Facebook post on Friday, UCP MLA Angela Pitt referred to the Tuesday night dinner at the Sky Palace, which Kenney and three cabinet ministers attended, as “wining and dining” and shared one of the dozen photos obtained by media this week of the event. Some in the group are seated closer than the required two met
CALGARY A UCP MLA is calling on Premier Jason Kenney to further reduce restrictions and allow more people to sit together at restaurants, in the same fashion in which the premier just portrayed, referring to photos of him dining on the Sky Palace patio. Airdrie-East MLA Angela Pitt penned the post Friday morning, days after photos emerged of Kenney dining on the patio outside his office along with Health Minister Tyler Shandro, Finance Minister Travis Toews, Minister of Environment and Parks and House Leader Jason Nixon and the premier s Deputy Chief of Staff Pam Livingston, among others. Looking at these photos it seems clear to me that several health restrictions were violated, said Pitt.