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The Little UCP Revolt That Could Episode
Some Politics is Local
English - April 09, 2021 18:18 - 35 minutes - 48.5 MBPolitics News Society & Culture canadianpolitics globalpolitics localpolitics provincialpolitics uspolitics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In this episode, we talk about the revolt of 17 UCP MLAs to the Kenney government's decision to tighten restrictions in response to rising COVID case counts, including what this might mean in terms of Kenney's control over caucus and the Leadership Review vote next year. We also talk about the Naheed Nenshi's decision to not seek another term as the mayor of Calgary - and speculate on the political reverberations of his decision on the mayoral race and also his legacy as the mayor of CowTown.
We have a dual-BookReport this week! Both of us read (Mike with his ears, David with his eyes, as per usual) Game Change by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, which delves into the 2008 US Primary and General Election in (salacious) detail.