{"id":21887,"date":"2022-12-04T21:06:53","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T21:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=21887"},"modified":"2022-12-04T21:23:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T21:23:37","slug":"flame-out-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=21887","title":{"rendered":"Flame out&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Alberta changing sovereignty bill to reverse provision giving cabinet unchecked power<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf we caused some confusion by some awkward wording, then let\u2019s clean it up and then be able to talk about the bigger issues,\u201d Premier Danielle Smith said in the midst of her major legislative flame out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Premier-Smith-flame-out.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21891\" width=\"719\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Premier-Smith-flame-out.jpg 719w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Premier-Smith-flame-out-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Premier Danielle Smith with her first flaming piece of legislation!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Political scientist Duane Bratt said it\u2019s a positive step for the bill to be amended to remove the sweeping powers to cabinet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Bratt said the change is not a tweak, the bill has become a confusing mess, Smith did not seem to understand the legislation she was introducing, and the entire affair raises larger questions about Smith\u2019s competence in the top job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHow did this get in the bill in the first place?\u201d said Bratt, who teaches at Calgary&#8217;s Mount Royal University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWouldn\u2019t they have read it? Wouldn\u2019t they have noticed this? This is damaging to have to backtrack. These are major reversals on her signature piece of legislation. (No matter) whoever wrote it, at the end of the day her name is attached to it. She\u2019s the one who introduced the bill. She has to wear this.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Source : Canadian Press Dec 2\/22<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Premier-Smith-Soverighnty-flames-762x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21890\" width=\"762\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Premier-Smith-Soverighnty-flames-762x1024.jpg 762w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Premier-Smith-Soverighnty-flames-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Premier-Smith-Soverighnty-flames-768x1032.jpg 768w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Premier-Smith-Soverighnty-flames.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Premier Danielle Smith poses with her first smouldering piece of legislation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Court-Painter-Flame-out...jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21897\" width=\"1000\" height=\"801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Court-Painter-Flame-out...jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Court-Painter-Flame-out..-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Court-Painter-Flame-out..-768x615.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Court Painter flanked by glowing portraits of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alberta changing sovereignty bill to reverse provision giving cabinet unchecked power \u201cIf we caused some confusion by some awkward wording, then let\u2019s clean it up and then be able to talk about the bigger issues,\u201d Premier Danielle Smith said in the midst of her major legislative flame out! Political scientist Duane Bratt said it\u2019s a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=21887\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Flame out&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21887"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21901,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21887\/revisions\/21901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}