Jason Kenney
Jason Thomas Kenney is a Canadian former politician who was premier of Alberta from 2019 until 2022, when he was ousted by his own party, who were angry at his COVID policies, including his implementation of lockdowns and vaccine passports. He attended two Bilderberg meetings, in 2007 and 2014.
Federal career
Kenney was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1997, at the age of 29. He was elected as a member of the Reform Party of Canada, which later became the Canadian Alliance. Kenney supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq and suggested that the Chrétien government's refusal to support the war would damage Canada's relationship with the United States.[1]
On February 6, 2006, Kenney and Sylvie Boucher were appointed as parliamentary secretaries to the prime minister, Stephen Harper. That August, when two opposition MPs suggested removing Hezbollah from Canada's list of terrorist organizations, Kenney came under fire for comparing the organization to the Nazi Party.[2] Later, he rebuked Prime Minister of Lebanon Fuad Saniora for his criticisms of Canada, invoking the $25 million that the country received from Canada in reconstructive assistance during the 2006 Lebanon War.[3]
On January 4, 2007, Kenney was sworn in as the secretary of state for multiculturalism and Canadian identity and as a Privy Councillor. In this capacity, Kenney was the Harper government's representative to ethnic communities in Canada, and made frequent appearances at ethnic community events across the country.[4]
In early 2008, Kenney posted an announcement on his website, declaring that the Canadian government recognized the flag of the Republic of Vietnam as the symbol of the Vietnamese-Canadian community. Further, he declared that "attempts to disparage [the flag] are a deeply troubling attack on one of Canada's ethnic communities and on the principles of multiculturalism."[5] In May 2008, he made a speech at an veteran Army of the Republic of Vietnam rally, lending support to the program.[6]
In 2008, Kenney became Minister of Citizenship and Immigration in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's cabinet shuffle of October 30, while retaining responsibility for multiculturalism, which he had been given in 2007.
While speaking in Jerusalem in December 2009 about Canadian government funding of human rights organizations, Kenney said, "We have de-funded organizations, most recently, like KAIROS who are taking a leadership role in the boycott [of Israel]. We're receiving a lot of criticism for these decisions ... but we believe we have done these things for the right reasons, and we stand by these decisions." He later added in a letter to the Toronto Star that, "While I disagree with the nature of KAIROS's militant stance toward the Jewish homeland, that is not the reason their request for taxpayer funding was denied."[7]
Kenney was a member of the Canada Tibet Committee and hosted the Dalai Lama in 2010.[8]
Premiership
In 2022, he was ousted by his own party, who were angry at his COVID policies, including his implementation of lockdowns and vaccine passports.[9] He was replaced by Danielle Smith.
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilderberg/2007 | 31 May 2007 | 3 June 2007 | Turkey Istanbul | The 55th Bilderberg meeting, held in Turkey |
| Bilderberg/2014 | 29 May 2014 | 1 June 2014 | Denmark Copenhagen Marriott Hotel | The 62nd Bilderberg, with 136 guests, held in Copenhagen |
References
- ↑ Maria Babbage, "Liberal stance will make it tougher to avoid new border measures, says Alliance", Canadian Press NewsWire, March 27, 2003.
- ↑ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/tory-mp-compares-hezbollah-to-nazi-party-1.627252
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090329004031/http://www.embassymag.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=%2F2006%2Faugust%2F23%2Flebanon%2
- ↑ https://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/306284bn=1
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090328174023/http://www.jasonkenney.com/EN/4961/70870
- ↑ https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/J_PB6BmTHkQ}
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110526224401/http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Will+real+Jason+Kenney+please+stand/4805363/story.html
- ↑ http://www.jasonkenney.ca/EN/4961/62732bn=1
- ↑ https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/jason-kenney-has-asked-ucp-for-leadership-review-at-partys-spring-convention
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