OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Mark Carney joked it would be “a bad idea” to send Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to fight back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada.
Smith fired back at Carney on Monday at a press conference in Edmonton.
I suspect Carney is acting on instructions from Beijing.
People who choose to live in Ottawa tend to dislike Preston Manning. The city’s disdain for him is on the same scale as Western Canada’s anger at the memory of Pierre Trudeau.
When the Globe and Mail published the former Reform leader’s warning that Mark Carney poses a threat to national unity on Wednesday, that vitriol arose once again, scolding him for failing to toe the Team Canada line. That does not change the fact that Manning has a point.
CBC – The most important election of our lifetime? These Albertans say it’s high stakes
Apparently Tranny rights are big on the list of voter concerns in Alberta.
Alberta would make a great 51st state. It has a population of 4.8 million and had a gross domestic product of $244.3 billion in 2024. (All numbers here are in U.S. dollars.) This would rank us 27th among the 50 states, just behind South Carolina at $246.3 billion. Over 90% of our economic output is from oil & gas extraction, refining, distribution, and servicing. Alberta has over 37 billion tons of mostly readily accessible coal reserves, the world’s third-largest proven oil reserves, and among the world’s top ten largest natural gas reserves.
Ottawa’s emissions reduction plan could push Alberta into a “deep recession” by 2030, while raising consumer prices nationwide and lowering Canadians’ incomes by 2050, says a new report by the Conference Board of Canada, commissioned by the Alberta government.
The report, published on Jan. 21 and updated on March 24, looks at the potential economic impacts of Canada’s Emissions Reduction Plan (ERP), a set of measures the federal government has proposed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 to 45 percent relative to 2005 levels by 2030.
We’re jumping ahead a few steps but let’s give you the play.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has nine demands, nine U-Turns she wants the federal government to take.
She gives the new federal government, when it is elected, six months to move on these issues.
A poll commissioned by independent journalist Rachel Parker shows 36% of Albertans would support Alberta independence and 20% would support Alberta becoming a US state or territory.
President Donald Trump first floated the idea of Canada becoming the 51st state back in November, in remarks to then Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that were first perceived as a joke.
OTTAWA — A Mark Carney government will maintain the cap on emissions from the production of oil and gas, Environment Minister Terry Duguid said in a recent interview.
Under former prime minister Justin Trudeau, the Liberals promised in the 2021 election to cap emissions from oil and gas and began the process to regulate the cap a year later.
Danielle Smith has something to say…
At his request, I met with Prime Minister Mark Carney @MarkJCarney today. We had a very frank discussion in which I made it clear that Albertans will no longer tolerate the way we’ve been treated by the federal Liberals over the past 10 years.
I provided a specific list of… pic.twitter.com/SmTsyFoxvM
— Danielle Smith (@ABDanielleSmith) March 20, 2025
And … Energy CEOs Ask Party Leaders to Declare ‘Energy Crisis’, Reduce Oil and Gas Regulations
A group of 14 energy CEOs have written a letter to all major federal parties urging them to declare an “energy crisis” in Canada and use emergency powers to relax regulations within the industry and increase production levels.
The CEOs, who represent the 10 largest oil and gas companies and four largest pipeline companies in Canada, suggest several measures to support oil and natural gas investment and “remove the barriers we have imposed on ourselves over time.”
h/t XC
OTTAWA — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith fired a shot across the bow of new Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday, vowing to beef up a provincial law shielding oil and gas production from federal meddling.
Smith said at a press conference that new amendments to Alberta’s Critical Infrastructure Defence Act would put a firewall around Alberta’s energy sector by declaring oil and gas production sites and facilities housing emissions data and records as essential infrastructure.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith wants the new leader of the federal Liberal Party to change its approach toward the oil and gas industry and its environmental policies.
Mark Carney won the Liberal leadership on Sunday evening with an overwhelming majority of the vote of party members.
On Monday, Smith re-iterated her calls for an election to be called so a prime minister is in place with a mandate from voters across the country.
How Carney hides billions of dollars in his companies so he can’t be taxed while taxing you into oblivion
For weeks, President Donald Trump has said that Canada should be America’s 51st state. He has mocked Canada’s economic dependence on the United States. He has condemned Canadian tariffs and trade restrictions. He has scolded Canada’s free riding on American defense. He has knocked Canada’s porous borders and drug dens. He has accused Canada of colluding with hostile foreign powers and global institutions. He has trolled our prime minister.
It’s delightful. Many Canadians are enjoying the show.
Boy, it is a good thing Alberta Premier Danielle Smith didn’t listen to the self-styled smart set.
It is a good thing Smith stood her ground and ignored the voices telling her to sign on to Team Canada and forget about standing up for Alberta and the oilpatch.
You want some good news.
In a wide-ranging column covering Danielle Smith’s visit to president-elect Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, Alberta oil exports, Trump’s tariff threats, and more, Calgary-based writer Gillian Steward, a contributor to the Toronto Star, an official propaganda rag of the Liberal Party of Canada, suggested Alberta should contemplate becoming the 51st state of the USA.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith sure stirred up the hornet’s nest and upset the apple cart.
The whiners, the moaners, the hysterics are on full display, pounding their drums and mouthing into their megaphones from their social media outposts.
As the clock ticks, the intensity grows.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said there would be a ‘national unity crisis’ if Ottawa attempted to stop the flow of Alberta oil and gas to the U.S. in a potential trade dispute with President-elect Donald Trump.
Trump has threatened to impose a 25% tariff on Canadian goods unless Canada resolves its border security problems. On Sunday, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Canada is not ruling out the restriction of energy exports to the U.S. as a potential countermeasure.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has emerged as Canada’s de facto prime minister over the last several weeks — and is now giving her reason for attending U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s upcoming inauguration.
Justin Trudeau, who’s been on the receiving end of Trump’s ridicule on social media, won’t be attending the inauguration.
