Danielle Smith meets PM Carney, demands oil policy changes and warns national unity at stake | Unpublished
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Author: Jack Farrell
Publication Date: March 20, 2025 - 16:17

Danielle Smith meets PM Carney, demands oil policy changes and warns national unity at stake

March 20, 2025
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says that in her first face-to-face meeting with the new prime minister she gave him an earful on wildfires and oil sales and warned him national unity hangs in the balance.“I provided a specific list of demands the next prime minister, regardless of who that is, must address within the first six months of their term to avoid an unprecedented national unity crisis,” Smith said in a statement Thursday after a morning meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Alberta capital.


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