We now find out there WILL BE a meeting scheduled between Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney bright and early Friday morning in Ottawa.

The news comes to your scribbler Wednesday afternoon.

On Tuesday, Carney said there would be a chinwag with the Alberta premier. For her part, Smith didn’t even know about a meeting. I wrote about how she didn’t know about it.

Now she knows about it.

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On Friday, the hope is the premier will speak truth to power in Ottawa.

Smith really can’t come out after the to-and-fro with the prime minister and tell people everything is going swimmingly with Carney if the man and his Liberals are more the problem than the solution.

An Alberta pipeline to the west coast?

Carney talks in riddles.  More likely than not. More probable than possible. Definitely not certain.

Is the prime minister just jerking Alberta around? How long can Smith’s sunshine optimism hold out?

Smith and Carney........

© Calgary Herald