Reuters reports:
Alberta’s incoming premier has set the stage for a showdown with Canada’s federal government and push back against federal laws which is likely to set the oil-rich province on a collision course with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Danielle Smith, 51, was chosen by members to lead Alberta’s ruling United Conservative Party (UCP) on Thursday, just seven months ahead of the next provincial election.
“No longer will Alberta ask permission from Ottawa to be prosperous and free. We will not have our resources landlocked or our energy phased out of existence by a virtue-signalling prime minister,” she said. Smith campaigned on an “Alberta First” slogan and has promised to introduce the Alberta Sovereignty Act, which would allow the province to refuse to enforce specific federal laws it does not like.
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New premier in Canada’s oil-rich Alberta set to defy Trudeau https://t.co/Bdq7KyPHgx pic.twitter.com/scykfDYmXK
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 7, 2022
“We will not be told what we must put in our bodies in order to work or to travel. We will not have our resources landlocked or our energy phased out of existence by virtue signalling Prime Ministers!”
– Alberta Premier Designate Danielle Smith pic.twitter.com/mYlkzbCpg5
— Rowan (@canmericanized) October 7, 2022
Today we start putting Alberta First!!!
Alberta, thank you for the trust you have placed in me. I am incredibly honoured to be your Premier and will work hard everyday to serve you.
Our best days are ahead.#cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg pic.twitter.com/QCDFwfj4F1
— Danielle Smith (@ABDanielleSmith) October 7, 2022
#BREAKING: Danielle Smith has been elected the new premier of Alberta. pic.twitter.com/b9dN775srf
— Canada Proud (@WeAreCanProud) October 7, 2022
Danielle Smith, Alberta’s new premier, giving her victory speech. “We will make Alberta the most free and prosperous place on earth.” pic.twitter.com/EYu6jT7sV6
— Rachel Emmanuel (@Emmanuel_Rach) October 7, 2022
“Enough is enough. We let the experts make the decisions and they let us all down and they’ve created chaos in society, division in society and now they’ve created chaos in the health-care system. You bet. That will be my target.”https://t.co/TuEoYsQkUC#cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg
— Danielle Smith (@ABDanielleSmith) October 5, 2022
“She said she thinks smoking cures disease, she’s promoted using hotels for some hospital patients, she’s supported quack cures like hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 and then there’s the Sovereignty Act,” said Williams. This is a UCP leadership hopeful.
— Aatos Lehtila (@Qualifyfor) October 1, 2022
Danielle Smith: “Maybe every independent school needs to be fully funded and we need to phase out every government-run, union-controlled public school more interested in indoctrinating students than teaching them critical thinking skills” #abed #ableg https://t.co/5IknZRKKpl
— Janet French (@Jantafrench) March 7, 2018