Gillian Steward

2 weeks ago | thespec.com | Gillian Steward

There is no danger that Alberta won’t return plenty of Conservative MPs to the House of Commons at the end of April. It’s practically a sacrosanct duty in a federal election to elect as many Conservatives as possible. So why is Premier Danielle Smith talking as if the Conservatives are going to lose? Why isn’t she boosting their chances across Canada? Why isn’t she working as hard for a Conservative victory as she did appeasing U.S. President Donald Trump?

1 month ago | thespec.com | Gillian Steward

So much for Team Canada. Mark Carney may want all the premiers united behind him, but Alberta’s Danielle Smith has other ideas: she wants to use the election as her bargaining chip to get what she wants. Her list of demands is long and she’s giving the federal government, whoever may be elected, six months to appease her or she will call a referendum. What will it be about? Sovereignty? Independence? Joining the U. S? Who knows? At this point it is the threat that is most important.

1 month ago | thespec.com | Gillian Steward

On again. Off again. On again. Who can keep up as U.S. President Donald Trump goes back and forth like a cuckoo clock with his tariff threats? Is he crazy or just cunning? Trying to knock us off our feet so we become so confused we will just give up and give in? And then what happens? The Americans simply take over our country? That is so preposterous that it doesn’t even require serious thought. It’s his delusion. A hallucination.

1 month ago | thespec.com | Gillian Steward

Alberta premier Danielle Smith attacked her own public health care system last week accusing it of outright resistance to her plans to expand the role of private surgical clinics. ”It’s clear they would rather keep all surgeries in hospitals operated by Alberta Health Services … we will not be intimidated by AHS (Alberta Health Services) management,” Smith said.

2 months ago | stcatharinesstandard.ca | Gillian Steward

Early last week Alberta Premier Danielle Smith was getting kudos from her base for what they saw as a successful foray to Mar-a-Lago to beg for a tariff exemption; which she almost got — 10 per cent on oil instead of the 25 per cent for everything else. It was time to do some crowing while preparing for the next assault by U.S. President Donald Trump. But then her fortunes abruptly changed.