Devin Dreeshen

Between February and November 2016 Dreeshen worked on Donald Trump's presidential campaign.[5] Dreeshen visited 28 states and shadowed Ivanka Trump. As a result of his work, Dreeshen was invited to the Trump's victory party in New York City, where he was photographed wearing a red MAGA hat.[6] While he denounced the violence during the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol, he has refused to answer whether or not he remains a supporter of Trump.[7]

Dreeshen won the United Conservative nomination for Innisfail-Sylvan Lake in 2018, and won the ensuing by-election with about 80% of the vote.[5] Dreeshen was appointed by Jason Kenney as the Opposition Critic for Trade and was a member on the Standing Committee on Alberta's Economic Future. After winning reelection in the 2019 Alberta general election, Dreeshen was appointed as the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry.[8]

On April 13, 2020, the union representing employees of the Cargill meat processing plant called for the plant to be shut down due to 38 confirmed cases of COVID-19 among plant workers.[9] On April 16, Rachel Notley called on Dreeshen and the provincial government to shut down the plant to create a safe working place;[10] Dreeshen responded, calling her statement "misinformation and fear-mongering."[11] During a virtual town hall meeting on April 18, Dreeshen assured plant employees that the Cargill plant has taken all necessary measures to mitigate risk to its staff.[12] By April 20, 484 cases had been linked to the Cargill plant outbreak, at which point the plant closed for two weeks.[13] On May 11, after the plant had reopened, NDP labour critic Christina Gray called on Dreeshen to close the plant again, but the plant remained open.[14] Three deaths were linked with the outbreak at the Cargill plant, and at more than 1500 confirmed cases, it was the largest outbreak of COVID-19 in Canada.[15]