'These Albertans are not traitors nor should they be treated as such,' says Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, of those advocating Alberta get out of Canada

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“Albertans didn’t start this fight but rest assured we will finish it.”

That’s the kind of line you hear when the good guys have had enough and face the final showdown with the bad actors who’ve been victimizing the locals.

Premier Danielle Smith speaks directly to Albertans Monday.

She speaks about the elephant in the room.

That elephant has been making some real noise lately and is being heard.

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That’s the elephant everybody is talking about these days in these parts and beyond our borders, the growing number of Albertans who want the province to leave Canada.

“None of us knows what the future holds should Ottawa for whatever reason continue to attack our province as they have done over the last decade,” says Smith.

“Ultimately that will be for Albertans to decide and I will accept their judgment.”

Bam!

The premier for the umpteenth time says she is no separatist. She wants to strike a better deal for Alberta within Canada. She still has hope.

Still,