The quest by Premier Danielle Smith to establish more clearly delineated lines of “autonomy” is certainly not intended to deliver benefit to the rest of Canada. 

Frankly, it’s not clear that some of these ideas even benefit Alberta. However, there are areas where a benefit to this province overlaps with a benefit to the country. Prioritizing those issues would be the smart strategy.

One of those issues is supply management. It’s not something that has been at the forefront of this conversation, but that may be about to change.   

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Last week saw the first of 10 town hall meetings hosted by the Alberta Next panel. Alongside the familiar conversations around provincial pension plans and police forces was the idea of Alberta opting out of supply management. 

The premier’s response strongly implies that the door is open to such a move.

“Creating our own Alberta version of supply management, maybe as a pathway to a market system and maybe just because it would stick our finger in the eye of Quebec . . . might be (something) we want to........

© Calgary Herald