Jason Kenney was asked by the deputy leader and Rachel Notley why he was not removing separatist MLAs from the United Conservative Party in 2020.
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Power & PoliticsOct 21, 2026
No source reports Rachel Notley or the NDP deputy leader asking Jason Kenney in 2020 why he did not remove separatist MLAs from the UCP; the only basis for the claim is the post itself, which cannot corroborate it.
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What was said
… I mean, is, can, how do you, how do you walk that line? Well, it's a tough one because, quite frankly, you know, the horse was let out of the barn in back in 2019, 2020. I have answered of me, the deputy leader, uh Rachel herself asking Jason Kenny why he wasn't kicking out his, uh, separatist MLAs at that time, six years ago, pre-convoy. So this has been going on for a long time, uh and arguably, you know, they just needed to enforce their own constitution even back then, uh, but, you know, they wanted to be able to ride two horses, as we say in Alberta, and, uh, it has proven untenable even …
Power & Politics · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Context. The AP report quotes former premier Jason Kenney saying separatists 'tried to infiltrate with at least some success' the UCP he founded, but it does not mention any 2020 question from Notley or the deputy leader about removing MLAs.[1]
Context. The CBC and Yahoo reports describe Kenney and Notley as current co-chairs of a Canadian Chamber of Commerce unity campaign, establishing their relationship but not the alleged 2020 exchange.[2][3]
Context. The claim matches the claimant's own account in the post, which is not independent evidence. The extracted wording also matches the post's 'the deputy leader' and 'Rachel herself' phrasing, so no referent was added.
Sources
3 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 not rated
- 1How Alberta separatism went from fringe cause to ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Vote on Alberta's future brings together former premiers who once ...cbc.ca · not rated · cited for: context
- 3Jason Kenney and Rachel Notley join forces in campaign ...ca.news.yahoo.com · not rated · cited for: context
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