Premier's former campaign manager gets senior post with Alberta Energy Regulator

Premier Jason Kenney is dismissing suggestions that the appointment of his former campaign manager to a senior post with the Alberta Energy Regulator is a patronage plum. Kenney says the regulator operates at arm's length from the United Conservative government. He notes that John Weissenberger has a doctorate in geology, experience in the energy business and is an adjunct professor at the University of Alberta. “I didn't know that he had applied (for the job),” Kenney said Wednesday