[snowman123]

Our PM is trying to build a united front against the orange asshole in the USA and be rid of interprovincial trade barriers, but Smith doesn't want to play ball.

Ultimately it will be up to the people of Alberta to decide their future. Quebec had their vote, next year it might be our turn. Countries and civilizations do not last forever.

 

[Markyeg]

Ultimately it will be up to the people of Alberta to decide their future. Quebec had their vote, next year it might be our turn. Countries and civilizations do not last forever.

The vast majority of people except for a fringe minority are not for this and holding a referendum is a waste of taxpayers money.

This is akin to a toddler throwing a temper tantrum because their preferred party didn’t win. Instead of threatening separation they should be questioning why the CPC refuse to offer anything of substance to appeal to voters in Ontario and Quebec so that they can actually win an election.

 

[MacLac]

Haha! Smitty’s Chief of Staff has a Dr’s note saying he has to fly 1st Class. You know when they go that far to justify spending our dollars on 1st Class….they know it’s wrong.

The Pulse: May 6, 2025

In this edition: Women Building Futures expands to Ontario; Biktrix sees selling e-bikes downtown as a core belief; and more headlines and happenings

edmonton.taproot.news

 

[Gus Haynes]

https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/doug-ford-slams-alberta-premier-danielle-smith-over-possible-separation-vote/

As Prime Minister Mark Carney prepared to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump, Premier Doug Ford took a thinly veiled shot at his Alberta counterpart over her threat of a referendum on separation.

“This is a time to unite the country, not people saying, ‘oh, I’m leaving the country,’” Ford said Tuesday morning in a speech to a group promoting the skilled trades.

The comment came a day after Alberta Premier Danielle Smith pledged to hold a referendum on provincial separation next year if citizens gather enough signatures on a petition.

“You know, united we stand, divided we fall and we have to be united, Canada together, to fight … President Trump’s tariffs and the economic uncertainty that he has created not just here but down in the U.S. as well,” continued Ford, who did not mention Smith or Alberta by name.

He suggested Smith’s dramatic move undercuts Carney at the White House meeting.

“We have a Prime Minister down there, and he’s going to be sitting down and he’s going to give it everything he can,” Ford said shortly before the sit-down with Trump.

 

[The_Cat]

Cooper to resign as MLA and Speaker to take on job as Alberta representative in D.C.

Nathan Cooper is the assembly's 14th speaker. He replaces former Edmonton Conservative MP James Rajotte in the D.C.-based role next month.

edmontonjournal.com

 

[kcantor]

 

[policyenthusiast]

Another letter from Pete Guthrie:

 

[The_Cat]

Me too: https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion...erta/wcm/3e8df79b-ba74-48dc-bc27-236644384132

 

[kcantor]

^
Lougheed was a visionary leader, not a knee-jerk reactionary and that vision was a better and stronger Alberta within a better and stronger Canada by building both of them, not by tearing both of them apart..

 

[David A]

We now have a crank pot Premier that puts people outside of Alberta off, constantly trying to pick fights with the Feds and others.

Frankly, the rest of Canada doesn't take her seriously or want to deal with her (and also some people here feel that way too).

She is not reducing the frustration with the rest of Canada, she is making the problem worse.

 

[Gronk!]

Sign the Petition

Petition to have Danielle Smith Removed as Premier - She Is Unfit to Lead

www.change.org

 

[David A]

Sign the Petition

Petition to have Danielle Smith Removed as Premier - She Is Unfit to Lead

www.change.org

What if the petition to remove her gets more signatures than for separation? Just a thought ...

 

[Glenco]

What if the petition to remove her gets more signatures than for separation? Just a thought ...

If that happened it would prove just how stupid she is. She doesn’t think these things through. Kenney was smart enough to think these things through he made it so difficult it was almost impossible to get enough names on a petition

 

[MacLac]

We now have a crank pot Premier that puts people outside of Alberta off, constantly trying to pick fights with the Feds and others.

Frankly, the rest of Canada doesn't take her seriously or want to deal with her (and also some people here feel that way too).

She is not reducing the frustration with the rest of Canada, she is making the problem worse.

She's got demands for the Feds - don't you know! lol

 

[bodsbods9090]

Ric McIver has quit as Municipal Affairs Minister.

Are things falling apart? That's two Minister's now and the Speaker has been re-assigned.

Orrrr....is he angling to be the Speaker? That vote is coming soon.