Danielle Smith
Danielle Smith’s fight against Trump tariffs takes her to right-wing non-profit PragerU gala
In a fiery legislature speech this week, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said the Mark Carney Liberals “want this lady and Alberta to just sit down and shut up.” Smith was referring to her efforts to reach out and change the minds of Trump-friendly conservatives at a time when Canada is threatened by a U.S. trade war. The new Liberal leader and his party haven’t publicly said she shouldn’t venture stateside; in fact, they might appreciate some of her rhetoric, given that they’ve made a partisan ad out of her remarksRead more
Danielle Smith’s big-money sales pitch on Alberta pension plan hasn’t worked yet
A past analysis for UCP minister expressed caution that seems absent from current message Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can usually only count on polite applause when he’s talking to an Alberta business crowd. But when executives hosted him this week at an Ottawa reception, he found one line worked surprisingly well — praise for the national pension program that Premier Danielle Smith wishes to exit. In a list of federal programs assisting Alberta (health care, transit, housing), Trudeau added: “It’s why we strengthened the Canada Pension Plan and why weRead more