No more playing nice.

For Premier Danielle Smith, it is time.

Time to light a fire under Prime Minister Mark Carney. Time to cut through his weasel words.

The clock is ticking on Carney, the master of talking out of both sides of his mouth.

On Tuesday, in Calgary, Smith will roll out what she calls her Alberta Next panel.

She no doubt hopes Carney and his crew are watching what is going down.

This Alberta Next panel will travel to all parts of Alberta.

They will talk with Albertans about what people want to vote on in a referendum ballot next year.

This is not just an exercise in allowing folks to blow off some steam before returning to the same-old, same-old.

This is a panel is about getting Albertans to vote on questions before the next election.

The Smith government has possible votes for Albertans to consider on where the province could take over from Ottawa while still being in Canada.

They are also open to hearing Albertans on other questions where they want a chance to vote.

Of course, there will be a vote on whether Alberta leaves Canada and becomes its own independent country if separatists can get enough signatures on a........

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