Rajan Sawhney launches UCP leadership campaign in Edmonton

Calgary North-East UCP MLA Rajan Sawhney launches her campaign for the leadership of the United Conservative Party at Violet King Henry Plaza at the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton, on Monday, June 13, 2022. Sawhney previously served as Minister of Community & Social Services and Minister of Transportation in the government of Premier Jason Kenney.

[calybo]

She can take her hat out of the ring now. Trust this as much as JT or Jagmeet.

[dirteafairy]

Politics is dead.
At some point realize the system has not worked and no offer of representation throwing their hat in matters.

[FflopsNtanktops]

Seems she has the support of six people

[benbecic]

I want the leader to be from a rural riding tbh

[christopherjavens]

UPC will be great in Alberta, as it always has, promoting oil and gas, like it should. This lady is not the voice for the UPC,

[garnetmitchell]

Oh boy. What a great, motivating introductory speech. I think she needs to look for another line of work...as in job #6?

[Gillz]

She’s a liberal all the way. I’m black and it’s sad to see POC always acting so liberal here but in there home country they are very conservative. I’m from Ontario planning on moving to Alberta if it goes ndp I’ll be hesitant to move out there cuz that party is nuts

[callers]

Make no mistake this woman is NOT a conservative. Look at the way she talks, this lady is NDP all the way.

[fringeminority]

Nope I will pass on this one. Not gonna happen

[donnacabot]

People don’t need anymore politicians. That’s the problem. There are too many.

[sebm]

Woman should stay out of politics. Period. No questions asked.

[heathenhawk]

Are You kidding Me, She is as much of a Conservative as Bernie Sanders LMAO I mean in Canada Conservatives are left of center already and You trot out Her who instantly throws the previous so called Conservatives under the Bus . Weak sauce. If this is the best the UCP can roll out You might as well put the NDP in, She sounds like one actually .

[roydumais]

What are you hiding ?? Me too born in alberta had 8 jobs my last one 14.60 per hour

[IMMaladjuzted]

Ms Sawhney what is your stance on
Immigration If it is not a hard shut down of 80% of it your not a conservative and its a hard no.
What will you do about the un constitutional acts perpetuated by the government with regards to Covid if it doesnt include investigations and criminal charges being talked about, again sorry a hard no
what stops are you going to start to push to end foreign investments in to local property ownership and business to bring back jobs and lower housing prices. im going to guess none.
Are you going to enforce equal treatment under the law so that just because your skin is not white does not mean you do not have to follow the laws?
Are you going to fight to end child abuse by allowing the alphabet mafia to do as they please?
these are just a few points from a small business owner and also a single parent that is sick of watching my tax's pay for people to leach off the social safety nets while me and my kids have to live off of spaghetti and spam from the dollar store.

[eriklyndund]

I'm sure she'll bring million more immigrants

[dougler]

Didn't hear her mention many conservative values...

[dwaynewladyka]

The UCP have only carried on with the fiscal ineptitude and poor planning that the Alberta PCs did, ever since Don Getty was premier of Alberta. So far, the UCP have made well over $60 billion in very costly debacles and mistakes. This includes losing around $8 billion from 2 rounds of corporate tax cuts, which didn't produce a single new hire, blew well over $7 billion on a pipeline bet gone bad, lost $4 billion on a pension fund debacle, lost nearly $2 billion from the Heritage Savings Trust Fund, lost $1.6 billion on an 'accounting error', borrowed $25 billion, without asking Albertans about it, and the UCP never revealed what they have used the money for, blew $3 billion and $13 billion on 2 very imbalanced 'aid packages' for Alberta, blew billions of dollars trying to prop up the Alberta PCs $35 billion bitumen upgrader debacle, blew billions of dollars on various voter bribery schemes, and so much more. The UCP have also given Alberta a mammoth debt of well over $100 billion. The UCP have also treated the vulnerable, seniors, medical professionals, teachers, students, and rural property owners in Alberta and with disdain. Also, the UCP got into power by questionable means, because UCP members, including a UCP MLA, were given fines for election related infractions. The so called 'premier' of Alberta is still being investigated by the R.C.M.P for how he attained his position of power. The UCP are undeniably the most incompetent and inept provincial government in Alberta. Unsurpassed incompetence is, as unsurpassed incompetence does. That's the UCP way. Alberta had only one good and sensible Conservative premier in Alberta, and that was Peter Lougheed. There were absolutely no others.

[truenorth]

Lol they could run a garbage can and beat nutley.

[dariuscain]

I like how anybody can run in this race! But I’m sorry notley has this election in the bag, keep your claps to yourself! Inquiry’s are good. I want you to run a good campaign