{"id":29590,"date":"2025-05-03T01:49:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T01:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=29590"},"modified":"2025-05-03T01:56:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T01:56:58","slug":"to-stoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=29590","title":{"rendered":"To Stoke&#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<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-b121fde796c08b0a466b5ef84494a14a\" style=\"color:#e7160b\"><strong>To\u00a0<em>stoke<\/em>\u00a0is to poke a fire and fuel it so that it burns higher.\u00a0<em>Stoke<\/em> also means &#8220;incite&#8221; \u2014as\u00a0to <em>stoke<\/em>\u00a0the flames of secessionist anger<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Preston-Danielle-Albertastan-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Preston-Danielle-Albertastan-1.jpg 850w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Preston-Danielle-Albertastan-1-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Preston-Danielle-Albertastan-1-768x679.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-bright-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-3a7fdec18530dc0c8935bd71e61a6eea\">Premier Smith &amp; Manning seen with friends at a gathering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AlbertaCanadaTreaty-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AlbertaCanadaTreaty-7.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AlbertaCanadaTreaty-7-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AlbertaCanadaTreaty-7-768x664.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-bright-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-0e59b2dd3f325dd2cd9ea648bdd141fd\">Premier Smith making a point with PM Carney<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-light-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-7e1d9f614a9f2ca4c85f20dcc40510b6\" style=\"color:#034998\"><blockquote><p>Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Reform Party founder Preston Manning have both engaged with the topic of Alberta&#8217;s potential separation from Canada, albeit from different perspectives with varying emphases : equally fanning the flames of <strong>secessionist<\/strong> division and complaint.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-yellow-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-fbac8581d058dd0d6a67344407cc4e12\" id=\"articleTitle\" style=\"color:#f10e02\">Danielle Smith &#8216;attempting to manufacture a national unity crisis&#8217; with referendum changes, First Nations say<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Click link for article<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/calgaryherald.com\/news\/politics\/first-nations-criticize-danielle-smith-separatism-bill-54\">https:\/\/calgaryherald.com\/news\/politics\/first-nations-criticize-danielle-smith-separatism-bill-54 <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Preston-danielle-ballons-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Preston-danielle-ballons-1.jpg 564w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Preston-danielle-ballons-1-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 85vw, 564px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-bright-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-d4c9989163b0998e181040d53109f4ed\">Preston Manning &amp; Premier Smith having tea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Danielle-Bill-54.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Danielle-Bill-54.jpg 640w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Danielle-Bill-54-256x300.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-56b0514463a8d5d77949fc2b2cdfb67a\" style=\"color:#0169af\">Premier Smith with prairie dog<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-yellow-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-e920112e5ce76b5609c9ca94e12728bc\" style=\"color:#e5170c\"><strong>The chiefs warned Premier Smith with a  <em>Cease &amp; Desist- <strong>Separatist Threats <\/strong><\/em><strong> letter <\/strong><\/strong><strong>that Alberta, as a province, was preceded by treaties that Indigenous communities signed with the Crown.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cThe province has no authority to supersede or interfere with our Treaties, even indirectly by passing the buck to a \u2018citizen\u2019 referendum,\u201d the letter said. \u201cIf you or any Canadians are not happy living on Treaty lands, they are free to apply for citizenship elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"669\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/letter.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/letter.png 669w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/letter-275x300.png 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"902\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/treaty-map.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/treaty-map.png 576w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/treaty-map-192x300.png 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 85vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This map delineates the areas covered by the Numbered Treaties within Alberta:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Treaty 6 (1876)<\/strong>:&nbsp;Central Alberta, encompassing the Edmonton area and extending into Saskatchewan.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Treaty 7 (1877)<\/strong>:&nbsp;Southern Alberta, including Calgary and surrounding regions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Treaty 8 (1899)<\/strong>:&nbsp;Northern Alberta, covering a vast area extending into parts of British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and the Northwest Territories.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-8d3b31c41441912cd32fef0521d1da52\" style=\"color:#d0170d\"><strong>These treaties were agreements between First Nations and the Crown, outlining the terms for land use, resource sharing, and coexistence.&nbsp;They continue to hold significance today, both legally and culturally.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To\u00a0stoke\u00a0is to poke a fire and fuel it so that it burns higher.\u00a0Stoke also means &#8220;incite&#8221; \u2014as\u00a0to stoke\u00a0the flames of secessionist anger. Premier Smith &amp; Manning seen with friends at a gathering. Premier Smith making a point with PM Carney Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Reform Party founder Preston Manning have both engaged with the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=29590\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;To Stoke&#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-29590","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\/29590","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=29590"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29617,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29590\/revisions\/29617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}