Calgary Nose Hill MP Michelle Rempel Garner says she will not be running in the Alberta United Conservative Party leadership race.
In a long-winded Substack post published on Thursday, Rempel Garner said campaign logistics are in place but she raised concerns about internal conflict within the UCP.
She compared the UCP caucus to the federal Conservative Party, saying both parties had “squabbles” where members were subjected to hours of public scrutiny. The new UCP leader needs to restore trust in the party and the caucus needs to be willing to allow it to happen, she said.
“Anyone entering politics needs to be prepared to handle that… But the stuff I listed above that happens in both the provincial and federal parties crosses a line. It should never happen in a functional place of business, political or otherwise,” Rempel Garner wrote.
“With the UCP caucus, as I’m on the outside of it, I don’t know where all the sore spots are from the events of the last couple of years. But from what many people have confidentially shared with me, there seem to be a lot of them and they seem to be pretty fresh.
“And, bluntly put, I’m concerned about what would happen if I stepped in as leader under the present internal UCP caucus dynamic, especially considering we would need to govern while preparing for a rapidly approaching general election.”
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