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Danielle Smith expected to try to force Albertans to endure a separation referendum – and blame someone else for it

Thanks to her sneaky separatist manoeuvring, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith seems to have wedged herself between the proverbial rock and metaphorical hard place. If she doesn’t do what the Alberta separatists in her United Conservative Party demand and call a referendum using the wording on their Citizen Initiative petition – “Do you agree that the…

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If Danielle Smith were smart, she’d treat court ruling quashing separatist petition as a political get-out-of-jail-free card

You thought the voters list debacle was bad? 20 years ago, Alberta Conservatives wanted our birthdays on it too!

Danielle Smith – the public face of foreign interference in Canada – gets Canadian security clearance

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