Danielle Smith Says She Doesn't Need Support From Those Who Want Alberta to Leave Canada
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the matter of separatism is settled within her party, and that she does not need the support of those who want the province to leave Canada. Smith says she told members of her United Conservative Party on Wednesday that they should support the will of the majority of Albertans who voted to stay in Canada, or leave the party. Asked whether she can keep her leadership and election without that group, Smith laughed and said they were not the people supporting her.
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Telling members to back the majority result or leave the party is a blunt way to settle an argument.
The laugh is a confident exit line, but it is a dismissal rather than a demonstration; the question of whether she can keep her leadership and election without that group remains open.