Danielle Smith
Marlaina Danielle Smith is a Canadian politician, former lobbyist, former columnist and media personality who has served as the 19th premier of Alberta and leader of the United Conservative Party (UCP) since 2022.
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Oct 10, 2026
Lean Left
The Alberta premier ruled out a second separation referendum if Albertans vote to remain in Canada.
Liberals view Smith's statement as a welcome but belated recognition that separatism is a dead end, though many remain skeptical of her past flirtations with sovereignty.
Oct 10, 2026
Far Left
The Alberta Premier claims she knows nothing about separatist negotiations in Washington, despite previously demanding Top Secret access to foreign interference files touching her separation referendum.
The left treats Smith as the central figure enabling Alberta separatism and cozying up to US interests, and her selective amnesia is seen as a cover story rather than a denial.
Oct 9, 2026
Lean Left
The Alberta premier called it 'absurd' and 'ridiculous' for prominent separatists to offer the U.S. government fresh water and resource royalties in exchange for help establishing an independent Alberta.
Liberals will take the denunciation at face value but note that Smith leads the province where this fringe has real oxygen, and that she has spent years flirting with Alberta-first grievance politics that made such an offer thinkable.
Oct 9, 2026
Far Left
Claims ignorance about separatist negotiations in DC after previously demanding Top Secret access on foreign interference in her separation referendum.
Smith is condemned by the left as an Alberta separatist playing footsie with foreign actors while pretending to be a victim of interference, and her demands for secrecy look like a cover-up.
Oct 8, 2026
Far Right
Alberta Premier Smith is not directly named, but the Alberta independence debate and 'we are winning' narrative involve her government.
People's Party supporters are frustrated with Smith's cautious approach to Alberta sovereignty, wanting her to take bolder action against Ottawa.
Oct 8, 2026
Far Left
Smith claims to know nothing about separatist negotiations in DC, after previously demanding top-secret access to foreign interference files on her referendum.
The left views Smith as a threat to Canadian unity who is either lying about separatist contacts or dangerously incompetent.
Oct 6, 2026
Lean Left
A new poll shows the UCP's independence referendum push is inadvertently boosting the Alberta NDP.
Liberals see Smith's sovereignty rhetoric as a gift: it fractures the conservative coalition and validates Liberal warnings that the right is flirting with separation rather than governing.
Oct 6, 2026
Far Left
The Alberta Premier claims to know nothing about separatist negotiations in Washington, despite earlier demanding Top Secret access to foreign interference information related to her separation referendum.
The NDP and Greens view Smith as a dangerous sovereigntist playing footsie with separatists while weaponizing foreign interference claims only when politically convenient.
Oct 6, 2026
Far Right
Smith's Alberta government pushes back against federal environmental policies and proposes provincial sovereignty measures.
The PPC praises Smith for challenging Ottawa's carbon tax and natural resource control, seeing her as an ally in the fight against federal overreach, though some wish she would go further on immigration.
Oct 5, 2026
Center
The Alberta premier is ramping up attacks on NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi over federal NDP Leader Avi Lewis's opposition to the West Coast pipeline as the provincial referendum campaign enters its final stretch.
Centre voters view her as a polarizing figure willing to stoke separatism and pipeline grievance for partisan gain.