{"id":91981,"date":"2025-05-05T08:47:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T12:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/?p=91981"},"modified":"2025-05-05T08:47:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T12:47:19","slug":"alberta-premier-smith-says-meeting-with-pm-carney-a-positive-first-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/05\/alberta-premier-smith-says-meeting-with-pm-carney-a-positive-first-step\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta Premier Smith says meeting with PM Carney a &#8216;positive first step&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Jack Farrell Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she has had a &#8220;positive&#8221; meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney. The meeting is the first since Carney&#8217;s Liberals won Monday&#8217;s election and Smith warned the prime minister of any &#8220;hostile acts&#8221; his new government might take against her province. Smith, who frequently diminished Carney throughout the election campaign in favour of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, said on social media Friday that she and Carney had a lengthy conversation about policies and legislation that are holding back Alberta&#8217;s energy economy. &#8220;We also discussed our ongoing trade dispute with the United States and how the federal government can work co-operatively with our province to advance both Canada\u2019s and Alberta\u2019s interests,&#8221; Smith said. &#8220;Repairing the damage to Alberta\u2019s economy caused by Ottawa\u2019s last 10&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\">\n<div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\">\n<div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">This content is for Yearly Subscription, Yearly Subscription &#8211; Corporate, Print Subscription Only, and Canada Print and Online members only.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?action=register\">Register<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Ftheturtleislandnews.com%2Findex.php%2F2025%2F05%2F05%2Falberta-premier-smith-says-meeting-with-pm-carney-a-positive-first-step%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jack Farrell Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she has had a &#8220;positive&#8221; meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney. The meeting is the first since Carney&#8217;s Liberals won Monday&#8217;s election and Smith warned the prime minister of any &#8220;hostile acts&#8221; his new government might take against her province. Smith, who frequently diminished Carney throughout the election campaign in favour of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, said on social media Friday that she and Carney had a lengthy conversation about policies and legislation that are holding back Alberta&#8217;s energy economy. &#8220;We also discussed our ongoing trade dispute with the United States and how the federal government can work co-operatively with our province to advance both Canada\u2019s and Alberta\u2019s interests,&#8221; Smith said. &#8220;Repairing the damage to Alberta\u2019s economy caused by Ottawa\u2019s last 10... <\/p>\n<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">This content is for Yearly Subscription, Yearly Subscription - Corporate, Print Subscription Only, and Canada Print and Online members only.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?action=register\">Register<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Ftheturtleislandnews.com%2Findex.php%2F2025%2F05%2F05%2Falberta-premier-smith-says-meeting-with-pm-carney-a-positive-first-step%2F\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":101363,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","category-ticker","pmpro-level-required","pmpro-level-3","pmpro-level-2","pmpro-level-5","pmpro-level-4","pmpro-level-6","pmpro-level-7","pmpro-no-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Alberta Premier Smith says meeting with PM Carney a &#039;positive first step&#039; - The Turtle Island News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/05\/alberta-premier-smith-says-meeting-with-pm-carney-a-positive-first-step\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alberta Premier Smith says meeting with PM Carney a &#039;positive first step&#039; - The Turtle Island News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Jack Farrell Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she has had a &#8220;positive&#8221; meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney. 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