{"id":33868,"date":"2026-08-31T20:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T20:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=33868"},"modified":"2026-09-03T19:00:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T19:00:36","slug":"weak-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=33868","title":{"rendered":"Observer Status &amp; Weak sauce&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Observer.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Observer.png 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Observer-300x243.png 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Observer-768x622.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"659\" height=\"761\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Danielle-Smith-prarie-dog-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Danielle-Smith-prarie-dog-1.jpg 659w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Danielle-Smith-prarie-dog-1-260x300.jpg 260w\" 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-dark-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">Premier Smith explaining Alberta sovereignty to a dazed prairie dog<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#05619e\">In spite of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith&#8217;s recent weak sauce remarks on the Fox Business Network :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#003d66\">Canadians are currently not confused and disappointed by the actions of the Orange Toddler Menace to the South, rebranding Lake Ontario as Lake America!<\/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:#003d66\">Canadians are currently not confounded by the actions of the Orange Toddler Menace to the South!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#003d66\">Canadians currently perfectly understand why Americans following the Orange Toddler Menace to the South would want Canada to be weaker!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#05619e\">It&#8217;s currently time for Premier Smith to reboot her assumptions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CarneySmithin-conversation.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CarneySmithin-conversation.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CarneySmithin-conversation-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CarneySmithin-conversation-768x539.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-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-7 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#034c7d\">Prime Minister Carney in recent call to Premier Smith<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Preston-Danielle-Albertastan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Preston-Danielle-Albertastan.jpg 850w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Preston-Danielle-Albertastan-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Preston-Danielle-Albertastan-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-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-8 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#a20e07\">Princess Smith seen with a winged Prince Manning in cosplay display.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-yellow-color has-dark-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-9 wp-block-paragraph\">EDMONTON &#8212; <strong>Alberta Premier Danielle Smith<\/strong> is pushing her message for an end to the fierce U.S.-Canada trade war directly to Americans. Smith, appearing on the Fox Business Network, <strong>says Canadians are confused and disappointed by U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s recent effort to rebrand Lake Ontario as Lake America.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-yellow-color has-dark-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-10 wp-block-paragraph\">She says <strong>it&#8217;s particularly confounding <\/strong>given the two countries&#8217; long-standing economic and military relationship. Smith says Canadian troops stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Americans in Afghanistan, and the upcoming 25th anniversary of the 9\/11 terrorist attacks against the U.S. is a reminder of the close relationship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-yellow-color has-dark-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-11 wp-block-paragraph\">The premier says <strong>Canadians don&#8217;t understand why Americans would want Canada to be weaker. <\/strong>She says the trade war will topple small businesses and decimate jobs on both sides of the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-12 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#064874\"><em><strong>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 31, 2026.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Carney-elbows-climate.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Carney-elbows-climate.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Carney-elbows-climate-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Carney-elbows-climate-768x495.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carney-Elbows-up-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carney-Elbows-up-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carney-Elbows-up-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carney-Elbows-up-1-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Elbows-Up-with-Carney-Trump.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Elbows-Up-with-Carney-Trump.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Elbows-Up-with-Carney-Trump-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Elbows-Up-with-Carney-Trump-768x472.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"689\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PM-Carney-DJTump.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PM-Carney-DJTump.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PM-Carney-DJTump-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PM-Carney-DJTump-768x529.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Premier Smith explaining Alberta sovereignty to a dazed prairie dog &#8211; In spite of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith&#8217;s recent weak sauce remarks on the Fox Business Network : Canadians are currently not confused and disappointed by the actions of the Orange Toddler Menace to the South, rebranding Lake Ontario as Lake America! Canadians are currently &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=33868\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Observer Status &amp; Weak sauce&#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-33868","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\/33868","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=33868"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33941,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33868\/revisions\/33941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}