Kenney said at an early Wednesday news conference it’s “well past time” and claimed in December consultations with provincial leaders, Trudeau “essentially” said since most public health decisions are outside of the federal government’s mandate, “we have to be seen to be doing something.”Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“It’s been clear to me from the beginning that at least this latest round of travel restrictions were political and optical — not about reducing transmission,” said Kenney. The outgoing premier was responding to questions from a reporter about comments made Tuesday by Alberta Labour and Immigration Minister Kaycee Madu, who raised eyebrows when he tweeted that the federal policies were “tyrannical,” claimed they were not about science, but political control, and thanked the so-called Freedom Convoy for mobilizing against them.Article content
It never was about science but about political control and power. Thanks to all those citizens, freedom convoys, who had the courage to mobilize against these tyrannical policies. They endured a lot hate, name calling, suffered and vilified on behalf of all of us. I thank them!
Kenny should try weighing off some time.