Kenney Upset With Feds Over Coutts Blockade, Texts Show

Kenney Upset With Feds Over Coutts Blockade, Texts Show
Then-Alberta Premier Jason Kenney speaks at the Rideau Club in Ottawa on March 12, 2020. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney accused the federal government of leaving provinces “holding the bag” to clear “Freedom Convoy” protesters who blockaded a border crossing in southern Alberta, a public inquiry has learned.

Documents released Tuesday by the inquiry looking into the government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act last winter include text messages between three federal cabinet ministers, including Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc.