Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her United Conservative Party caucus isn’t afraid to defend its record as its faces more than a dozen recall petition campaigns.
Smith says that’s especially true for two of her ministers, saying their accomplishments speak for themselves.
She says Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides has overseen more funding for schools than any government in history, while Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally has made doing business easier by cutting red tape.
Smith is also defending Nally over accusations from the Opposition NDP that the minister broke provincial elections laws for something he said in his official response to his recall petition.
Relying on a confidential list of electors given to him by Elections Alberta, Nally had publicly claimed the constituent behind his petition didn’t vote in the last election and questioned if that should be a disqualifying factor.
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Smith now says the minister was mistaken and that the constituent did vote in the last election, but she’s ignoring calls from the NDP to have Nally stripped of his responsibilities.
— More to come…
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