Jeremy Appel

Workshop info and bio

Kenneyism: Jason Kenney’s Pursuit of Power

Room: Lacombe

What can the rise and precipitous fall of Jason Kenney teach us about the nature of Canada’s conservative movement? Jeremy Appel, the author of Kenneyism: Jason Kenney’s Pursuit of Power, details the contradictions within modern conservatism that Kenney had to navigate to put his reactionary vision into practice, how they ultimately subsumed him, and how the labour movement might be able to exploit these fractures to challenge Danielle Smith and Pierre Poilievre. 

Jeremy Appel is an Edmonton-based independent journalist and author, whose work has appeared in the CBC, Globe and Mail, Ricochet, The Tyee, The Breach, The Maple and Alberta Views.