Kenney Faces Off Against His Own Greatest Hits in Independence Debate
In what political historians are calling “the world’s most aggressive case of hoist by one’s own petard,” former premier Jason Kenney is reportedly preparing to debate Alberta’s independence movement, the same ideological camp he once enthusiastically helped warm up like a microwave dinner of regional discontent.
The debates, organized by separatism advocate Keith Wilson, promise Albertans a “clear and lawful path to independence,” or at minimum, a very confusing evening where everyone argues with their past selves. Wilson, a St. Albert lawyer, says voters deserve a balanced discussion. Kenney, meanwhile, has not responded publicly, possibly still locating the exact moment this all became his problem again.
The events, scheduled in Edmonton and Calgary this May, arrive as referendum organizers scramble to collect 177,732 signatures, roughly the population of people who didn’t think this would escalate.
Observers note the irony: the architect of modern western alienation now cast as its reluctant exorcist, armed only with talking points and the faint hope no one remembers 2019.
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