
Danielle Smith learns feeding UCP base nothing but grievances eventually puts you on the menu
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is facing a possible leadership review after members of her own party discovered she has committed the unforgivable UCP offence of not being quite angry enough at Canada.
The Highwood UCP association called for a review after Smith publicly backed remaining in Canada during October’s referendum, apparently violating the referendum’s intended purpose of letting separatists ask Albertans what they think and then becoming furious when someone answers.
Tanya Clemens, co-leader of Let Alberta Decide, argued Smith should have remained neutral, presumably because premiers traditionally respond to questions about whether their province should continue existing inside their country with a thoughtful, “Gee, both sides make compelling points.”
Twenty-one more riding associations must now join Highwood.
Smith reportedly remains confident she can contain the separatist wing of her party.
Which is understandable.
After all, she spent years teaching them that threatening the leader is how you get what you want.
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