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(125,785 posts) Wed Apr 2, 2025, 05:38 PM Apr 2

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith wants to strategize on provincial sovereignty with Quebec's premier [View all]

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith wants to strategize on provincial sovereignty with Quebec's premier

Smith supports some ideas proposed in recent Quebec panel report on autonomy

Janet French - CBC News

Posted: April 01, 2025

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7499599

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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith would like to have a tête-à-tête with Quebec Premier François Legault about asserting their provincial sovereignty, according to a letter Smith wrote last month.

"I see an opportunity before us, as the democratically elected leaders of Alberta and Quebec, to chart a path toward a new era in Canadian federalism," Smith said in a March 21 letter penned to her Quebec counterpart, in which she asked for a meeting.

Smith was responding to recommendations contained in a report prepared last year for the Quebec government suggesting ways that province could assert its provincial authority.

The six-person panel made 42 recommendations last November, including the adoption of a Quebec constitution, creation of Quebec citizenship, and passing a law to defend against federal interference into provincial jurisdiction.

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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith wants to strategize on provincial sovereignty with Quebec's premier [View all] applegrove Apr 2 OP

She needs to pack her bags and move into Mar a Lago.... Spazito Apr 2 #1

I don't know a whole lot about this bucolic_frolic Apr 2 #2

Yes. Oil money, and US oil money, has been agitating applegrove Apr 2 #5

Thanks for fleshing out the details bucolic_frolic Apr 2 #7

To add to applegrove, Alberta went NDP, then CONservative. The Cons kicked out their own leader and put in Smith Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2 #6

Thanks for adding to my post. I did not know applegrove Apr 2 #8

Hmm I didn't realize I did? I thought I was extending, adding to your great post. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2 #9

I just assumed i was wrong. Turns out i was just vague enough applegrove Apr 2 #11

"Vague" is more accurate than "wrong". I recommend vague when unsure. No worries. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2 #12

Thank you. applegrove Apr 2 #13

Thanks for explaining the machinations. bucolic_frolic Apr 2 #10

We in Alberta need to find a way Bev54 Apr 2 #3

Totally agree! Spazito Apr 2 #4

And here is her opposition in Alberta: Naheed Nenshi applegrove Apr 2 #14