Danielle Smith verhätschelt die Separatisten in Alberta, beschäftigt sich mit dem Thema und schürt das Feuer
Smith is coddling Alberta separatists, straddling the issue, stoking the fire
Danielle Smith verhätschelt die Separatisten in Alberta, beschäftigt sich mit dem Thema und schürt das Feuer
Smith is coddling Alberta separatists, straddling the issue, stoking the fire
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This, the Nenshi line, would be an effective tact, if Danielle Smith were really David Cameron, a doctrinaire tory being dragged around by reactionary forces he neither understood nor controlled. Unfortunately for all Canadians, Danielle’s sense of conflict over secession exists entirely in the minds of her opponents.
Danielle Smith is not David Cameron, she has been firmly in control of the agenda from day one. Her response to Trump’s threats was to refuse a bald statement of unity every other Premier felt it their duty to sign (Scott Moe didn’t hesitate). Then she decamped to Mar-a-Lago and every action she had taken since has been to facilitate a Brexit style crashout.
She is not „straddling“, she never makes a decision that disappoints the seperatists. Her ally, David Parker, whose wedding she attended, was running the Centurion Project. Jeff Rath and the guy who thinks the King is trying to assassinate him could not have pulled this off on their own. Both of her feet are squarely planted on one side of the line.
The moves being made seem awfully similar to those of David Cameron with regards to EU separatism. Smith likely does not want to separate. She wants expanded oil revenue paired with an angry and mobile base of facebook-addled isolationists voting UPC.
One thing I’ve noticed is that politicians sometimes don’t see how much damage they do downstream by validating these kinds of populist/isolationist/anti-establishment movements.
If you give those groups an ounce of power, bad actors will work to prop them up, and 5-10 years down the line you find yourself fighting tooth and nail to stop your country from shooting its own foot off because you gave up on proper governance (See: UK and USA)
She’s not „straddling,“ she just IS a separatist. Why else would she be appealing the recent invalidation of the petition?
I think she has to straddle the issue because the base of her party is increasingly made up of separatists.
She can leverage that against Ottawa for now but, by this time next year, the UCP will likely be a separatist party.
If we hold a referendum, and vote to separate, that will likely become government policy. If we vote to not separate, or don’t hold a referendum, grassroots separatists will take over the party.
I know reddit doesn’t like her, but she is a savvy political operator who has lost numerous elections over the last twenty years but managed to stay relevant to eventually become the Premier. She isn’t stupid and knows this is coming.
If Danielle Smith wasn’t premier, she would 100% be a separatist.
The only thing keeping her back from full throttle support is that she’s technically supposed to be leading the UCP and they are *united conservatives*.
She would 100% be on board with American annexation and immediately cry if a Democrat comes to power. I can’t be convinced otherwise.
She IS a separatist, that can’t be denied. She’d never bend/break/ignore the rules/courts for something she doesnt support whole-heartedly.
It’s too bad the feds have played lame duck on the subject and instead relied on first nations and other groups to get involved..
She is trying to walk the tightrope. She wants their votes. The separatists are right wingers who she needs for a majority. She wants her majority and doesn’t want to lose votes to someone further right.