Alberta Premier Danielle Smith braces for crucial leadership review vote at UCP conference

Thousands of members of Alberta’s governing United Conservative Party gather Friday in Red Deer ahead of a crucial weekend vote on the job performance of their leader, Premier Danielle Smith.The party’s rules don’t say what level of support in a leadership review is considered a passing grade. But Smith has said that she'd like to see a higher level of support than the 54 per cent she received when party rank and file picked her to replace then-premier Jason Kenney in 2022.