Alberta Premier Jason Kenney speaks about the next steps in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, in Edmonton on June 18, 2021. His principal secretary, Larry Kaumeyer, is stepping down to serve as chief executive for Ducks Unlimited Canada.Amidst the turmoil of the pandemic and a series of political challenges, Jason Kenney’s office is losing another senior staffer close to the Alberta Premier.
Mr. Kaumeyer said he couldn’t pass up the rare opportunity to lead the Canadian arm of the hunter-founded group focused on wetlands and habitat conservation.“This kind of came to me about four months ago, and I let the Premier know pretty early on. I said, ‘Look, this isn’t the kind of thing that normally comes along.’ It’s the sort of thing that I really do truly believe is kind of a dream job for me,” said Mr. Kaumeyer.
Mr. Kaumeyer was the early author of the provincial “building skills for jobs” plan to revamp post-secondary learning in the province by 2030. He has been a main player in a number of economic-development files that involve talks with Ottawa, including agriculture aid; irrigation projects; tax incentives for carbon capture and storage projects and child care. Despite the often-opposing views between the two levels of government, Mr.
Principal secretary Howard Anglin left last year for post-graduate studies at Oxford University. Executive director of communications, Katy Merrifield, left last November to return to Vancouver, where she now works at public affairs firm Wellington Advocacy. Jamie Huckabay, the Premier’s original chief of staff, was asked to resign in January after travelling to Britain, despite public health advisories against non-essential travel.
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