After a night of delays, the vote counts came hard and fast, resulting in Danielle Smith being named the UCP’s new leader and Alberta’s next premier.
“I’m back,” Smith told the room after taking the stage. Smith said the night marked the beginning of a new chapter for Alberta.“It is time for Alberta to take its place as a senior partner in building a strong and unified Canada,” she said“No longer will Alberta ask permission from Ottawa to be prosperous and free.“We will not have our voices silenced or censored.“We will not be told what we must put in our bodies in order that we may work or travel. “Albertans, not Ottawa, will chart our own destiny on our terms, and will work with our fellow Canadians to build the most free and prosperous country on earth.”
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Excerpt from THE LINE Oct 7/22
Premier Smith is a kamikaze mission aimed at the UCP, conservatism and Alberta Only Rachel Notley can win.
“But Danielle Smith’s premiership, it seems to me, is all but certain to go down in flames as it crashes into conservatism, the United Conservative Party and perhaps even Alberta itself.
Let’s take conservatism first. Much ink has been spilt describing the flaws and unconstitutionality of Smith’s signature proposal, the Sovereignty Act. But its not just the Sovereignty Act. There is her wild buy-in to arguably anti-Semiticconspiracy theories, her anti-scientific support for health-care quackery rather than vaccinations, and her blanket denunciations of even the most critical kinds of protections of vulnerable populations should we find ourselves in another pandemic. “
Ken Boessenkool managed the Rajan Sawhney Campaign for the leadership of the United Conservative Party and is recognized as one of Canada’s leading conservative strategists.