Taxpayers’ Group Calls On Alberta Premier to Shrink Cabinet Size Following UCP Re-Election

UCP Leader Danielle Smith delivers her victory speech in Calgary on May 29, 2023. Alberta's United Conservative Party rode a wave of rural support to win a renewed majority in the provincial election, but not before the NDP took a big bite out of its support. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is calling on Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to form a smaller cabinet to demonstrate fiscal responsibility after her United Conservative Party (UCP) government won re-election on May 29.

In a June 1 news release, Kris Sims, Alberta director of the CTF, suggests that if Smith selects a smaller cabinet, she will “make her government more efficient and save taxpayers’ money.”