Danielle Smith: Alberta Votes to Stay in Canada, What’s Next?
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Alberta just voted on its future inside Canada. Premier Danielle Smith joins The Ben Mulroney Show right after the 2026 Alberta referendum to break down what the result means for Alberta, for Ottawa, and for the next provincial election.
Roughly 75 per cent of Albertans chose to remain in Canada on Question 10. In this full interview, Smith explains why she wrote the question the way she did, what she makes of the voters who went the other way, and why she says the separation debate is now settled for her government.
Roughly 75 per cent of Albertans chose to remain in Canada on Question 10. In this full interview, Smith explains why she wrote the question the way she did, what she makes of the voters who went the other way, and why she says the separation debate is now settled for her government.
@Iman_Albertan
Remember the equalization petition? 62% in favor but Kenney the Liberal didn't do anything about it.
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@LeroyJenkins-y2n
DS just called constitutional reform a stalemate. That is completely unacceptable. She needs to be removed ASAP
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@janicepaisley9329
The problem in Saskatchewan and Alberta is all the public union and union employees all live in the city and the people who pay for it live on farms and oil workers mining… manufacturing create the money that they all feel entitled too.
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@joeinthe6
Come on Ben the question was a referendum to have a referendum and voting no didn't mean cease all talk. Let's see if any pipeline actually gets built, thank you Alberta for still holding up all of Canada
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@Misfit
Kudos Ben for getting her to come on your show, but you didn't press her enough. The pipeline mou's aren't worth the paper they're written on. So far there's no company that will commit to spend billions if there's no way for them to make money. The excessive carbon taxes have to be removed and Carney will never agree with that.
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@deanbusch2727
Referendums are expensive BUT are very good at making voters, votes count. As far as support for leaving well, its frustration and not new, especially in rural areas. My grandparents seen the issues especially in the prairie provences being ignored by Ottawa, because they don't have the VOTES period. This was cemented by the fact that the NDP abandoned their rural roots under J. Layton and the Trudeau Liberals holding power by winning the GTA and getting propped up by the NDP. Equalisation is an issue because of its complicated method of calculation that few understand. This will take more than pipelines to fix.
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@GentleFlyer
A pipeline creates no emissions. So there should be no carbon capture BS or tax. Right?
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@b1_ferg
I believe whoever voted "No" to any of the 9 questions played themselves and were so blinded by their hatres of Smith that they lost the plot to better their own lives.
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@Mustardhed
With carbon capture as part of the pipeline deal there isn't a business case. The private component is 10%.
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@giggle1971
What she said about building and workers ignores the schools, the healthcare, the drivers licensing, and public safety.
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@peterschancel7223
The UCP/ The United Corruption Party ... Watch out for American style Gerrymandering based on Rural /Urban voters where voters in South Lethbridge vote in the same district as Mormons in Cardston. THAT IS NOT REPRESENTIVE DEMOCRACY OF EITHERS POLITICAL GOVERNMENT CONCERNS,..... JUST CONSOLIDATION OF POWER NOT ALBERTANS INTEESTS
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@andreagamerocoaching8140
I won't believe that we're getting a new pipeline until the first shipment leaves the BC coast. Circus Carney will back out way before that happens. Carney now has Alberta exactly where he wants us, stuck in the dysfunctional Federal system.
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@EnyaInTheWorld
I own more than one property.
I received a Voter Card at each address.
I have dual (Canada and another) citizenship, three first names, two different Drivers Licences - and I am only one of thousands, possibly millions in this demographic.
What could possibly go wrong?...
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@dicmccoy
I'm very dissapointed in my fellow Albertans. First, you have to realize that Ottawa will never allow Alberta to separate. Question 10, option 2 on the referendum was to send a message to Ottawa that we are tired of the abuse and our voice means nothing even though we are the ones mostly funding this country. We now have shown them, that they can continue abusing us, and we're ok with that.
"Please sir, slap me some more"
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@karollbrinton8317
The conversations around city dinner tables vs rural ones is perhaps why prime farm land is being urbanized.
@MurrayHelmer-q1i
Always liked her and believed she did a good iob for Alberta and the west. But i think this whole thing has hurt her and this will end her premiership. The separation movement is far from over!!
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@longhouse1
All Quebec has to do is threaten a referendum and they will get concessions
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@Samuel-o7j2f
You will always find urban voters vote favorably for that which feeds them best. Most gov. employees are located in urban areas, most people who benefit from gov. largesse live in urban areas, most recipients of various types of welfare live in urban areas. Of course the big cities voted to stay; they're feeding at the trough for free.
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@Aggr69
I will do everything in my power to move votes away from the UCP to a separation party due to Smith and the UCP betraying their base. She is finished next election.
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@TheLast2Percent
Just handover millions to First Nation Chiefs on your right hand and they will forget what is on left hand.
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