Was Stelmach pushed to resign?
Posted Jan 26, 2011 7:49 am.
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Questions continue to swirl as to what prompted Alberta’s premier to resign.
Mount Royal University Political Scientist Duane Bratt tells 660News it’s no secret that Stelmach didn’t have the support of his caucus.
Bratt says the premier’s inner circle was divided on how to handle a number of issues ranging from finances to health care.
Reports indicate Finance Minister Ted Morton was going to quit and Stelmach’s resignation was a pre-emptive strike.
The Prairie Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation says some people within the Tory party wanted to take an aggressive approach to reducing the province’s multi-billion dollar deficit.
Colin Craig says the premier didn’t mind some red ink on the ledger and wanted extra time to eliminate it.
Craig says it might never be known exactly why Stelmach decided to ride into the political sunset.
Other problems plaguing the premier include the ongoing surge of the Wildrose Alliance in political polls and overcrowding in emergency rooms across the province.
A date to choose Stelmach’s successor has yet to be set.
