Danielle Smith says she’s found unprecedented common ground with Mark Carney
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'I found more common ground with the prime minister when I met with him yesterday than I have in any meeting with a prime minister,' Danielle Smith said of Mark Carney.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her latest meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney has inspired optimism and he is demonstrating a “real shift” from the previous Justin Trudeau-led Liberals.
Speaking in Edmonton on Thursday, she said she understands why Albertans might feel the rug has been pulled out from them several times before, but she’s committed to diplomacy.
“I found more common ground with the prime minister when I met with him yesterday than I have in any meeting with a prime minister,” she said.
She also took to social media following the face-to-face, saying there are details to be worked out but she looks forward to an agreement that will benefit the country and the province.
“I am more optimistic than ever that the concerns of Albertans are FINALLY BEING HEARD,” she wrote.
Smith has made combativeness with Ottawa a cornerstone of her policy, using it to define her United Conservative Party leadership, and contrast it with the Opposition NDP.
On Thursday, she again pointed to her very first bill: the Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act. It was touted from Day 1 as a weapon to battle federal policies Smith believes tread on provincial jurisdiction.
“That’s what I’ve been fighting for for the last three years. And slowly but surely, working our way through some of the issues that have caused tension between Canada and Alberta,” she said.
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