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Geoff Russ: Danielle Smith is Canada's most committed federalist

Her critics vilify her as 'evil' but she is best advocate for national unity Alberta could hope for

Danielle Smith is “far-right,” a “separatist” and “destabilizing,” according to her long list of haters. 

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Since becoming the 19th premier of Alberta in 2022, a thesaurus could be filled with the litany of labels thrown at Smith. The United Nurses of Alberta warned that her planned medical reforms, which the federal government is also scaremongering about, might destabilize the rotten Canadian health-care system. By any honest measure, such a poorly functioning health-care system deserves to be destabilized. 

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Alberta’s Opposition Leader Naheed Nenshi vilified her decision to call a referendum on whether Alberta should pursue independence as a way to “save her political skin” (Nenshi’s approval rating sat at 35 per cent when he made the statement), and accused her of coddling separatism.  

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