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Archive https://archive.ph/5ryfl "As far back as 2005, Ms. Smith argued in the Calgary Herald that the province should hold an independence referendum if Ottawa doesn’t agree to adopt a U.S.-style Triple-E Senate, weaken the power of unelected judges and phase out transfer payments to provinces. “Either way, Alberta would get the federal system it wants,” she wrote ominously.
Even 20 years ago, before Ms. Smith was on anybody’s radar as a potential provincial politician, she advocated instrumentalizing the threat of an independence referendum to fundamentally restructure Canada.
It’s one thing to make this case as a newspaper columnist for provocation’s sake, but the separatist threat is now being wielded by Ms. Smith to advance public subsidies for a new bitumen pipeline to the B.C. coast and a carbon capture project favoured by Canada’s biggest oil companies. She’s found a willing partner in Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has overseen a simultaneous gutting of Canadian climate policy to advance industry’s prerogatives.
Advancing separatist ambitions is a means to an end; the end is simply power. But it’s not Ms. Smith who’s actually in charge. She’s just the friendly conduit for the forces that brought her into the position she’s in."

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I hate this proto nazi scum of the earth beatch with all my heart lying crocodile tear fucking SSmith "Your Albertan healthcare coverage may be getting more expensive, and the UCP tried reeeally hard to make sure you wouldn’t notice.

Starting October 1, 2026, the UCP’s Bill 11 quietly demotes Alberta’s public drug programs (Coverage for Seniors & Non-Group Coverage) to “payors of last resort”.

Let’s talk about why this is just another arrow in Danielle Smith’s arsenal deployed toward her fantasy of MAGA-fying Alberta
#abpoli #cdnpoli #ableg #calgary #edmonton
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🔗 SOURCES & FURTHER READING:

• CBC News (Jennifer Keiller) — Danielle Smith’s popularity dips as her party now tied with NDP in support:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/danielle-smith-popularity-poll-ndp-tie-1.7602344

• Calgary Herald (Hiren Mansukhani) — Seniors could see rise in private insurance premiums with Bill 11 rollout:
https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/seniors-private-insurance-premiums-bill-11-rollout

• Alberta Blue Cross — Understanding Alberta’s Bill 11 and its impact on health benefit plans:
https://blog.ab.bluecross.ca/understanding-albertas-bill-11-and-its-impact-on-health-benefit-plans/

• Canadian Medical Association (CMA) — The controversy behind Bill 11: Alberta’s move to a dual-practice health system:
https://www.cma.ca/news/the-controversy-behind-bill-11-albertas-move-to-a-dual-practice-health-system

• CBC News (Dean Bennett) — Smith declines to disavow 2021 comments urging out-of-pocket payments for health care:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/danielle-smith-alberta-policy-paper-health-care-1.6821713

• Manulife Group Benefits — Alberta Bill 11 Policy Changes & Payor of Last Resort Rules:
https://www.manulife.com/ca/en/business/news/group-benefits/alberta-bill-11

• Government of Alberta — Coverage for Seniors Program Official Terms:
https://www.alberta.ca/coverage-for-seniors-program

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