Former Alberta premiere Jason Kenney accepts role in Calgary advising law firm
Kenney announced last May he was stepping down as premier following a lukewarm 51 per cent vote of support in a United Conservative Party leadership review. Kenney was instrumental in creating the UCP in a merger with his Progressive Conservatives and the Wildrose Party, but he fell out of favor with many in the combined party over COVID-19 restrictions and what was seen as a top-down management style.It was a not an amicable departure. Kenney publicly clashed with his eventual successor, Premier Danielle Smith, over her plan to introduce sovereignty legislation to challenge what she considers federal intrusions into provincial areas of constitutional authority. Kenney challenged the legality and economic effect of such a bill, and resigned as a legislature member on the day Smith's sovereignty act was introduced last…