{"id":29212,"date":"2025-03-23T02:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T02:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=29212"},"modified":"2025-03-23T03:00:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T03:00:27","slug":"first-face-to-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=29212","title":{"rendered":"first face- to- face&#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 has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1\" style=\"color:#810802\">Alberta premier lists demands<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#944a01\">Premier Danielle Smith said that in her <strong>first face-to-face <\/strong>meeting with the new prime minister Mark Carney,<strong> she gave him an earful<\/strong> on wildfires and oil sales and <strong>warned him<\/strong> that&nbsp;national unity hangs in the balance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#944a01\">&#8220;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 <strong>avoid an unprecedented national unity crisis<\/strong>,&#8221; the Alberta premier stated after her morning meeting with Carney in the Alberta capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#013a61\">In mythological high spirits, Court Painter undertook a series of faces bearing a striking resemblance to Danielle Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure 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him that&nbsp;national unity hangs in the balance. &#8220;I provided a specific list of demands the next prime minister, regardless of who that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=29212\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;first face- to- 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