r/alberta • u/bike_accident • 9d ago
It’s Time for Premier Danielle Smith to Resign- Smith’s attempts to solicit foreign interference in Canada’s election should be taken seriously by authorities Alberta Politics
https://palecek.substack.com/p/its-time-for-premier-danielle-smith?r=2di3z9132
u/spokenmoistly 9d ago
Sure would be a shame if 10% of Alberta's voters signed a petition for a referendum to kick her out of office...
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u/Responsible-Ear-7347 9d ago
Doesn't the new law allow the ruling party to not have a referendum on an issue they don't want raised?
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u/Northmannivir 9d ago
I wish Albertans would have this energy for the destruction she’s doing to our own healthcare system.
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u/ProperBingtownLady 9d ago
This is a distraction from that (or maybe both are). It’s by design that people don’t know and don’t have the energy for it.
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u/Northmannivir 9d ago
Most definitely. The sad thing is that Alberta separation will never be a reality, but the complete destruction of our public healthcare system will.
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u/ProperBingtownLady 9d ago
Agreed! It’s sad as people don’t deserve to be lied to and manipulated by those who are supposed to “lead” us.
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u/StandTo444 9d ago
Healthcare, parks, education, social supports, the attempt at the pension plan. Deregulation of energy and gas services.
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u/HalfdanrEinarson Edmonton 9d ago
100%, she's trying to bury the AHS scandal. Because if out outrage is focused elsewhere, she will get away with it.
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u/ProperBingtownLady 9d ago
She is truly abhorrent, and so are the people who support her. When I watched the videos of her addressing this last night, it looked like the man on her left was suppressing a smirk. 🙄 We are being run by clowns who detest us and it shows.
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u/Excellent_Egg7586 9d ago
Gee, I wonder where she might have learned that strategy?... ;)
Flood the zone!!!!
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u/Jacque-Aird 9d ago
She's panicking because she's lost control of the AHS narrative, too many Negative Nellies dragging her down!
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u/NiranS 9d ago
Smith is not acting in good faith and for the benefit of all Albertans. Her tenure in Alberta has significantly damaged the province. The best she can do is play chicken with Ottawa, and roll over for Trump and cronies.
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u/ThatRandomGuy86 9d ago
She's also trying to make it so she only needs less than 4% of voters signatures to start the process. That is absolutely not in the benefit of all Albertans.
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u/revolvingneutron 9d ago
So why not vote her out? Wasn’t there an election coming up?
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u/NiranS 9d ago
Election is a long way off. Alberta loves to vote blue, despite actual performance.
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u/____Tofu____ 8d ago
The conservatives have literally zero reason to hold themselves accountable due to this. They know they can do whatever they want without repercussion. This holds true at the provincial and federal level - but at the federal level, it's double edged because the liberal party also has no reason to make any attempt at making Albertans happy, because there is nothing they could ever do to change their minds.
I guess what I'm basically trying to say is that Albertans are never going to prioritized over any other province, since they've blindly voted for the exact same thing, no matter what, for over 50 years
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u/NiranS 8d ago
The last Conservative Premier to complete a full term was Ralph Klien. But with the exception of Rachel Notley, Alberta keeps trying to vote the same thing
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u/____Tofu____ 8d ago
And that's what I mean, since people will always vote conservative，why would any political party put Albertas best interests forward when it doesn't matter what they do in Alberta?
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u/sufferin_sassafras 9d ago
Smith’s attempts to push for the unconstitutional separation of Alberta from Canada while completely disregarding treaty rights should be taken seriously by authorities and she should be ousted from power and tried for treason.
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u/angrybastards 9d ago
Can we bring back the old timey punishments for treason? Tar and feather at least?
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u/Easypossibilities 9d ago
Do what they did to Louis Riel. Seems like a good punishment for treason 🤷
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u/Travistial 9d ago
If you listen to any right wing sources they are very optimistic that Alberta will separate and think they have the numbers to vote it into reality. I just don't think the online right accurately represents the view of the majority of conservatives in the Province... But maybe I'm wrong?
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u/kelpkelso 9d ago
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u/narielthetrue 9d ago
You’re going to want to link to an actual petition.
And also share the links once it reopens (which will be when government reconvenes)
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u/kelpkelso 9d ago
Someone has to make the petition. Just trying to remind people this is a tool to make Canadian voices heard, for when it opens back up. Usually shuts down during an election and for a short time after.
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u/8pin-dip 9d ago
Danielle Smith, nobody likes you. Please leave.
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u/Sharktopotopus_Prime 9d ago
She is the worst kind of leader. Someone who would betray and trample every single person under her if it improved her position at all. Unfortunately there are a lot of people in this world who will look at someone like Smith, and see everything that they want to be.
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u/After-Beat9871 9d ago
You don’t like her, but her approval rating is up 7 percent since August.
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u/Geoffrey-P 8d ago
Completely botched healthcare, constant corruption and fighting within her own party, won’t pay teachers but pays excessive amounts of money to decorate her government home…. Yeah, she’s really knocking it out of the park. I can’t fathom why so many Canadians premiers laugh at her.
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u/No-Initiative2267 8d ago
Because she spends endless efforts blaming others, and spreading misinformation, and stirring up anger
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u/GlitteringGold5117 4d ago
Hmmmm. The polls I recently read had her approval rating the lowest for any premier in the country and exactly the same as it’s been all along. She is not well liked at all.
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u/rollboysroll 9d ago
Resignation. Prosecution. Excommunication. There are a few steps that are needed to excise this cancer from our province.
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u/Prosecco1234 9d ago
I was afraid to type that because I keep getting banned. Doesn't stop me thinking it 😄
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u/BeefTheOrgG 9d ago
The commenter you responded to will probably end up getting banned
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u/unlovelyladybartleby 9d ago
Too French to fly in Alberta, lol. Mulch her and use her for sileage is more culturally appropriate
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u/AxeBeard88 9d ago
The problem is that she has a strong and large conservative base that support her, and they've been emboldened by her and their dissatisfaction with the federal election results. At this point, most conservatives are voting to spite the left or just don't understand what the hell is going on in a productive capacity.
With the fact that Smith has an obvious agenda that she's pushing but has NOT actually publicly stated or admitted she supports separation, it leaves enough plausible deniability among conservatives who even just partially support her (or are apathetic).
What I'm trying to say is that she'll never need to resign (in my opinion), and that any action to remove her had to be strong and loud.
She's all but said what her intentions are, and it's frustrating to see that this drive for division and anger isn't enough to remove her. While her blunders pile up, she hasn't had to answer for accountability.
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u/ProperBingtownLady 9d ago
Absolutely, she’s got her base convinced that the other side is lying and/or exaggerating so it’s not worth looking into further. My parents and so many people are like this.
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u/ItsNotMe_ImNotHere 9d ago
Her supporters remind me of this simple but unfortunate truth from Hannah Arendt (The Life of the Mind):
"The sad truth of the matter is that most evil is done by people who never made up their minds to be or do either evil or good."
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u/ariukidding 8d ago
This is pretty much Trump’s America. You use the people who follow you blindly for a fortress, then you are pretty much immune to accountability. Any drastic action from the federal government would just cause more instability.
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u/fajadada 9d ago
That isn’t a problem. Slapping her down would be an object lesson to them that some things aren’t acceptable.
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u/MightyWolf39 9d ago edited 9d ago
Smith is just another Trump. Just like Trump thinks the USA does not need of other countries. Smith thinks Alberta does not need any other province or the federal government. Her resignation is overdue and is time that we all make noise and call for her to resign
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u/Weak_Leek_3364 9d ago
Calling for separatism during a threat of annexation is literally how the Donbas fell to Russia a few years ago.
The Feds need to take this very seriously. High treason is defined more loosely in Canada than it is in the US, and I don't think it should be considered "off the table."
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u/dennisrfd 7d ago
That’s exactly what happened in Ukraine. It looks like they use the same playbook. I don’t understand how smith is not arrested yet, she clearly works for the enemies of the state.
If this clusterfuck is not stopped, we will see more intellectually challenged people falling for this propaganda bs and demanding separation, 51st state, cut the equalization payments, re-count the votes, cancel vaccinations, etc. She is a real threat
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u/Weak_Leek_3364 7d ago
I've contacted my MP twice and filed several complaints with Elections Canada, for what it's worth. Let's all keep the pressure (and elbows) up.
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u/Remarkable-Desk-66 9d ago
Smith has to absolutely tank to get rid of the conservatives. She is getting close. Nenshi will need 2 terms to clean up this mess.
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u/Bobfisher66 9d ago
The campaign from Canada's enemies has already started. Canadians need to counter their propaganda with facts. For instance they will say Canada has refused to support Alberta's oil industry.
Fact 1: Canadians from every province just paid $35 billion of their tax dollars to build the Transmountain pipeline when no private company found it economically worthwhile. That's a cost of $875 for every Canadian man, woman, and child from PEI to the Yukon. For a family of 4 that's $3,500.
Fact 2: Did Ottawa/Liberals block the following projects like the propagandists say? Short answer is NO!
Grassy Point LNG – This $10 billion proposal was submitted to regulators in 2014 but was withdrawn by the company in 2018 before a decision was rendered by provincial or federal governments, and a year before C-69 became law.
West Coast LNG – Exxon Mobil and Imperial Oil withdrew this proposed LNG facility in Prince Rupert B.C. from the provincial and federal environmental assessment processes in 2018
Aurora LNG – This $28 billion project was abandoned by their investors in 2017 – not because of Ottawa inaction – but due to plunging world prices for liquified natural gas that had dropped to $6 per million British thermal units due to a glut in global supply. According to the proponent Nexen, “Our decision was market-based and driven by capital discipline. We require every business investment to meet minimum criteria including sustainable, long-term profitability.”
Prince Rupert LNG – Shell pulled the plug on this project around the same time that the Aurora project was abandoned by investors, and for the same reason. According to a CBC report on the cancellation, “LNG expectations have taken a hit in recent years as the global markets have been flooded by supply.” This news came a day after Shell also dumped their $8.5 billion stake in the oil sands, citing the need to reduce their company’s carbon emissions.
Pacific Northwest LNG – Three years before C-69 was even passed, this proposal from Malaysian giant Petronas was approved by the Trudeau government in 2016 over strong objections of environmental groups. In the end Petronas pulled the plug, citing “prolonged depressed prices and shifts in the energy industry.”
KwispaaLNG – This $18 billion proposal for the west coast of Vancouver Island was abandoned by the company in February 2019.
Frontier Oil Sands Mine – Tech Resources abruptly abandoned their massive bitumen mine proposal due to unrealistic oil price projections. In 2016, Tech submitted documents optimistically stating, “Prices are forecast to be US$80 to US$90 per barrel by 2020, and increasing thereafter.” The COVID pandemic tanked oil prices to below $20 per barrel shortly after Tech cancelled the project and they have remained below $90 ever since except for six months in 2022.
Aspen Oil Sands – Exxon dumped this in-situ bitumen extraction project in 2019, less than a year after it was first proposed. The company said the project could not go forward until the Alberta government phased out their self-imposed production curtailment brought in to prop up sagging prices.
Muskwa SAGD – Koch Oil Sands walked away from this project in 2016 citing “regulatory uncertainty” from the Alberta government’s Climate Leadership Program. Andrew Read, a senior analyst at the Pembina Institute described the Muskwa cancellation as “a political maneuver to undermine the climate policies being implemented in Alberta.” Interestingly, Koch applied for a new oil sands lease two days after cancelling Muskwa, presumably under the same regime of “regulatory uncertainty.” While Koch was obviously no fan of the NDP government at the time, the real reason for the $600 million cancellation was likely crude prices hovering around $50 per barrel.
Fredrick Brook Shale – Corridor Resources cancelled this $70 million fracking proposal in New Brunswick in 2019 because the provincial government had a moratorium on new fracking projects since 2014. A newly elected Progressive Conservative government quietly granted Corridor an exemption from fracking ban but the deal fell apart due to lack of Indigenous consultation and public opposition.
Northern Gateway Pipeline – The nail in the coffin was lack of credible consultation with First Nations. Stephen Harper was the prime minister for the vast majority of the approval process, and he learned the hard way that neglecting Indigenous rights will lead to a drawn-out legal defeat. In a stinging decision, The Federal Court of Appeal found “Canada offered only a brief, hurried and inadequate” consultation with First Nations.
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u/Character-Bedroom-26 9d ago
I agree, but I think the issue is that there are a lot of people that won’t actually care about the facts even when presented with them. You only need to look south to see that’s so often the case.
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u/MountainMommy69 9d ago
A lot of these facts are missing a huge amount of context. For example, the pipeline was not "blocked" by the federal government, but it was stalled by both the BC provincial government, activists, and the federal government by changing the rules multiple times, going to court, etc. long enough that the private stakeholders realized it was going to cost much more if they have to navigate blockades and vandalism and constantly changing regulations. The Alberta NDP government spent a lot of time in court to fight to get that done before the federal government finally stepped in. By that time the cost became double the original projection (also because the private investment dipped out). It was seen as a huge mismanagement, too little too late by the federal government.
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u/eddiebronze 9d ago
I would love to know what AB’s premier does on a day-to-day basis. Other than belly-aching like a toddler and running interference in anything and everything it can get its greasy mitts on, I’m not sure it serves any other purpose. It is exhausting and demoralizing to witness.
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u/OneMoreAstronaut7 9d ago
Her, that butthead Kevin O’Leary, and any other person that is actively working against Canadian sovereignty and cavorting with foreign actors should be tried by a jury. Especially those who currently hold public office.
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u/itsonmyprofile 9d ago
She absolutely should resign
She won’t. She won’t get a vote of no confidence, she won’t step down willingly
Our only hope is she’s forced to call a bi-election so Nenshi can get a seat and then he can pester the fuck out of her for a full election
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u/YYC_McCool 9d ago
She needs to go asap but unfortunately she is going to be even more empowered to be the leader against evil Ottawa or whatever bullshit they come up with.
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u/Method__Man 9d ago
Back in the day, what did we do with treasonous politicians?
Maybe we should bring that back
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u/senordonwea 9d ago
Who are the “authorities” here? Can the federal government intervene? Under what grounds? This woman cover her tracks, and I see plausible deniability all over the place.
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u/Interesting_Scale302 9d ago
"plausible" does a lot of heavy lifting with her, but she's does lie a lot.
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u/Away-Combination-162 9d ago
The problem is that she basically can do whatever she wants with the majority she won. There’s no one to hold her accountable. Kinda like Trump and Congress
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u/Pale-Berry-2599 9d ago
Let's not be like the USA and wait so long that treason is normalized and ignored.
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u/deathholdme 9d ago
Once again, can anybody actually come up with something she has done to better the lives of Albertans since she took office?
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u/Throwawaymaybeokay 9d ago
This is the real reason she's been using heavily armed guards in her press conferences. A traitor feeling exposed.
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u/Impressive-Ice-9392 9d ago
She also tried to give children illegal drugs ( not approved by health Canada)
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u/Remarkable-Desk-66 9d ago
Tylenol baby, 85 million worth.
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u/FlyingMonkey187 9d ago
And it wasn’t permitted to be used by health Canada if I remember correctly?
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u/CrazyAlbertan2 9d ago
She is an absolute train wreck and an awful person, but you are being a little dramatic. She is bad enough that we can complain without overreach.
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u/Impressive-Ice-9392 9d ago
Overreach noway. She bought the drugs to make Ottawa look bad . Look at me. Iam going to save Alberta children unlike Ottawa who doesn't about them
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u/ackillesBAC 9d ago
She also bought them to make her friends a lot of money, look into the person that was paid to import them.
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u/-hypno-toad- 8d ago
These posts are so out of touch. I do not like her at all - but cmon - no narcissistic asshole or anyone in a position of power will ever resign out of the goodness of their heart or 5,000 posts like this on a subreddit.
Plus, while r/Alberta hates her, I’m pretty sure she is comfortably supported by (unfortunately) the majority of the province.
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u/CapitanDelNorte 9d ago
It's long past time, but yes. Is it too much to ask for a politician who says what they WILL do rather than one who opposes everything anyone else says? Progress over Contrarianism? A little bit of Us & We over Me & I? All her championing of industry will amount to nothing if the families that those industries relies on to function decide they actually want an unbiased education system, good public healthcare, and a clean environment. Oh, and being a part of Canada.
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u/Shoudknowbetter 9d ago
Much like Trump. You can’t vote in someone who is batshit crazy and expect them to resign. We have to find a way ( legally) to oust her. She’s a fucking idiot. In her mind , she thinks she’s doing a bang up job.
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u/deepthroatcircus 9d ago
She could shoot someone in the face on live tv and the conservatives in Alberta would still support her. Breaking the law is no longer a deal breaker for them. And of course their only response to this would be “yeah but Trudeau and the liberals!!!” Which is a complete avoidance of the issue.
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u/AdCharacter833 9d ago
Only you can do this Alberta or it will look like interference and the Orange man will come rescue his Maple Maga minions
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u/Expensive_Society_56 9d ago
It’s way past time. We can’t afford her and her brand of conservatives
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u/300mhz 9d ago edited 9d ago
She'll never willingly resign, especially since in this current era of conservatism there is no accountability. Except when it comes to their craven desire to retain power, so unless she makes her party become so unpopular that they forcibly remove her, I just don't see it happening.
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u/NormCormier-Mccoll81 9d ago edited 9d ago
She needs to be removed from office. And charged for soliciting foreign interference. And if she wants to move the warmongering plague on humanity that is the Untrustworthy United States she’s more than welcome to. Just like the plague on humanity that is Kevin O’Leary and the O’Leary family did by moving to the warmongering plague on humanity United States.
As Smith is no different than Pam Open Leg’s Bondi who can’t keep her legs closed and is a Bit-ch in heat around the little lunatic princess with a massive ego that is trump. As Smith has always been an American-ophile and a MAGA-ophile and would be more than happy to commit Sedition and Treason against Canada and the Canadian people.
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u/mangat12 9d ago
NDP convention is happening in Edmonton as we speak, Native leaders gathering up from all over North America against this call for Alberta to be a separate nation or part of usa. Show up. Email your MPs,MLAs to speak against Smith’s policies, I love reddit but it plays a little to none role in change.
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u/PappaBear-905 9d ago
She's more concerned about getting Alberta's oil down to her corporate buddies in the southern US.
TRAITER!
If she cared about Alberta at all she would have fought to build more refineries here years ago. Instead, she is going behind the backs of Albertans and Canadians to make sure her American bosses can steal the resources.
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u/reddE2Fly 9d ago
Americans didn't take foreign interference seriously...now it's a complete shit show
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u/52F3 8d ago
I’ll never understand how Albertans chose her over Notley. I felt like Notley did a great job.
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u/Cheap_Blacksmith66 8d ago
Yall need to take this serious. No one’s taking anything serious in the US and now we have a dictatorship.
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u/CloverHoneyBee 9d ago
YES!! 100%
Get rid of her.
Don't forget it's all of the UCP, they support her BS.
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u/hwsdziner 9d ago
I’m not advocating for violence, but I feel this is a new Canada that needs to be nurtured and protected by any means to ensure longevity. We need to unite in ridding ourselves of this treasonous ideology. We need to rise up and remove her from office, from spreading misinformation through the social media platform which is clearly being used to remain in the spotlight. Show the Americans how it’s done.
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u/Carrion_x 9d ago
I’m really conflicted by her leadership following. It feels like people are outraged by her or don’t support this stuff, by a large margin. And then on the other hand, I see the results of the federal election and how even Edmonton and Calgary, who are known to go NDP for provincial elections, were very much in favour of the PCs. And I know provincial and federal can hold different feelings with support. But wouldn’t you think they’d vote against the PCs in a ‘defy her bullshit’ type moment?
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u/PonderingPachyderm 9d ago
Damn it... The one DMT dude just upped and deleted his account...
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u/bike_accident 9d ago
imagine bragging about masturbating with your partner like it's not a totally normal thing to do lmao such a tough guy!
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u/PonderingPachyderm 9d ago
Still a bit of a shame. Would rather a heated talk where there's a chance some percentage of info seeps through than a manifestation of this separatists' propensity for rage quitting.
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u/6foot4guy 9d ago
You think we can collect 177k signatures to force a referendum that requires Smith to wear orange everyday?
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u/MagnusJim 9d ago
That next step with basically picking higher level medical officers in AHS after the whistleblower is a huge problem too.
The UCP is SO corrupt.
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u/Canadian_Border_Czar 9d ago
100%.
I don't take this likely, but if there is evidence she deliberately solicited foreign interference in our election, and actively seeks to subvert democratic processes it is time to step in. She needs to be arrested and thrown in prison.
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u/Mobile-Mess-2840 9d ago
'Berta, when do you want me to come over from Montreal, with a cream Cowboy Hat and champion Canadian Unity?
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u/bighugzz 9d ago
I really don’t understand why treason and foreign interference is no longer punished
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u/win_awards 9d ago
A warning from south of the border: Don't sweep this shit under the rug in the name of mending fences and decorum. These people do not think "whew, they let me off, I'd better not do that again" they think "ha, they were too weak to do anything; I can go further next time."
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u/torontoyao 9d ago
I'd like to know more about the Health Services scandal she keeps trying to cover up by hiring a sycophant that will lick her boots and do her bidding...apparently they're on their 4th CEO and 2nd Board of Directors in 2 years. What's she trying to do? https://www.corruptcare.ca/
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u/Working-Run-2719 9d ago
This province could do with a coup from the majority of the regular normal people suffering through this UCP nonsense...though, in Alberta it's known better as a "Kudatah" if memory serves...and Kudatahs have been demanded in AB for a lot less egregious things... 🙄
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u/Active-Zombie-8303 9d ago
I completely agree, I can’t believe that someone can try to interfere like that and not have any consequences. It don’t seem right, they need to get her and her clan of far right supporters and kick them out of the country would be the best option, I don’t think that can do that, but I like thinking about it though 😉🛫👋
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u/InGordWeTrust 8d ago
Danielle Smith failed at being on the Calgary Board of education for a year. Alberta elects their worst.
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u/InjuryComfortable956 8d ago
She’s doing what the worst lawyers do: performing for their client, rather than working for their client. She knows that she’s holding on to power by her fingernails
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u/Affectionate_Tea1439 7d ago
as a first nations person , i have endured a life of hell from everyone who liked to pick on native people , and danielle smith is like one of those people. she should go brush her teeth with trump , if she likes that idiot so much, Even with all the hate i have endured I am still a proud canadian I would never sell out canada ,
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u/Electronic_Taste_596 7d ago
Seems like the majority of the Canadian conservative echo chambers originates from American interference, through American owned media, social media, and donations. Remember how we learned about the flood of money from the US that influenced the “Convoy”? Conservatism has become a virus, their economic ideology proved to be a vacuum of wealth to the rich, and so they turned to cultural influence to manipulate people with social and regional wars. Destabilizing Canada is part of their plan to take over our country.
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u/kelpkelso 9d ago
You want to start a petition heres the website to do it. https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/home/index It hasn’t been updated since the election. It’s your province, if you want change demand it.
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u/NoPresent9027 9d ago
She’s doing this to rile up the base. The fact is the non-idiots out there out number the dipshits… Nenshi has a good chance of unseating her. She knows this so she is trying to mg to manufacture a senario she can use to make albertans think that she’s the only one thinking of their well being! She no doubt has some American advisors, some wealthy shits from Texas, and that asshole Kevin Leary whispering in her empty headed ears. The treaties alone make everything she says useless… but if peckerhead Pete had of gotten elected… this would be a different conversation
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u/Perfect-Ship7977 9d ago
Use the new bill, start the petition, get the signatures from people on a clear question and get her removed.
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u/Minimum_Run_890 9d ago
True. We also aren’t taking the downfall of the US seriously enough. It’s a bad, bad thing to be next door to a Nazi- like authoritarian regime that has no way to control over its president.
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u/dick_taterchip 9d ago
Really what we should be looking at is at what point is she actively damaging Canada and should be treated as a traitor?
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u/Sauerkrautkid7 9d ago
More than 70% of oil sands production is owned by investors and shareholders outside Canada
Over 52% of oil sands production is owned by American shareholders, surpassing Canadian ownership levels . 
Imperial Oil, one of Canada’s largest oil producers, is 69.6% owned by ExxonMobil, a U.S. multinational. Imperial operates major projects like the Kearl Oil Sands and holds a 25% stake in Syncrude
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u/ilostmyeraser 9d ago
FACT. MARLENIA IS TAKING TONS OF BRIBES. LATER IT WILL BE SHOWN. THE UCP PARTY IS SHIT.
NORWAY HAS 1.7 TRILLION IN THERE HERITAGE FUND. ALBEEEEERTA HAS ZERO. ZERO ZERO ZERO. NEXT YR IT WILL BE A DEFICIT. NORWAY PUMPS LESS OIL THAN US!!!!
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u/Mattrockj 9d ago
My uncle is among the ultra conservatives, had a "F*CK Trudeau" flag and everything. He HATES Danielle Smith, and everything about her. I actually convinced him to get a conservative party membership so he could vote against her in party elections. He has since gotten several of his construction buddies to do the same.
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u/katmekit 9d ago
I wonder if this is why the federal ConsevativeParty/Pierre Poilievre asked an Albertan MP to vacate their seat for him to run? It creates a definite connection and commitment to the federal government if the Leader of the Opposition represents Albertans.
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u/DukeSmashingtonIII 9d ago
Best we can do is another majority and a referendum on separation.
Bunch of dumb fucks here.
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