Danielle Smith was brought to tears today while talking about years of frustration and hurt in Alberta. “When a proud, hardworking people feel their contribution is taken for granted… some begin to ask a painful question: Does this country actually want us?”

She has done nothing to stop ottawa, nothing

As a Quebecer I would say take your independence Or become the 51 st

I don't buy the tears. She says all this and supports staying in Canada where nothing will change .

I love her! She needs to get on the separation side!

This is why I’m voting for independence. People do not understand that she is ACTUALLY making changes that are good for us. I drive by schools being built, hospitals being expanded. We’ve had 6 consecutive surpluses. She’s doing an AMAZING f**king job. This province is awesome because of her.

She should have stayed neutral. But she didn't. She is crying about the system harming Albertans, while spending our tax dollars against us to keep us in the system that makes her cry. This is a bit ridiculous.

She made a pretty strong case for an independent Alberta.

Canada doesn’t want us and treats us like sh_t and that’s why I want to remain in Canada. 🤔

Why walk away? Because the “table” is where Alberta pays the bill and Ottawa keeps the menu. Equalization this year: $27.2 billion. Quebec takes about $14 billion. Alberta takes $0. Has taken $0 since 1964. That is not a cheque Alberta mails to Quebec. It’s worse. Ottawa vacuums the money out of Alberta paycheques, corporate tax, and GST, then spends it somewhere else and calls us ungrateful. Fraser Institute, June 2026: • In 2024 Alberta sent Ottawa $77 billion and got $52.5 billion back. Net: $24.5 billion in one year. • 2026–27 projection: still about $18 billion net out. • 2007–2027: $322 billion net from Alberta. Four times B.C. Five times Ontario. Everyone else is on the take. Per Albertan that’s thousands of dollars a year walking east and never coming home. CPP: Alberta workers paid 14.4% of the premiums and collected 10% of the cheques. $54 billion net into a pension plan Ottawa now pretends we couldn’t run ourselves. An Alberta plan was estimated to cut the contribution rate almost in half and save about $5 billion in year one. EI: same pattern. We pay in more than we draw. And the industry that generates the surplus? Ten years of “phase out,” C-69, tanker bans, production caps — then a sudden rebrand as a “national treasure” when a referendum appears. Treasures you can delete with a pen are not treasures. They’re hostages. Smith asked why walk away when we’re finally winning. Winning is when the other side can’t take it back. A mood in Ottawa is not a constitution. A pipeline permission slip is not a country. You walk away because staying means another generation of Alberta labour subsidizing a federation that treats the people who fund it as a problem to be managed. That’s not sentiment. That’s the receipt. I cannot believe you backstabbed your base the way you have. We are all shocked, abhorred and disgusted. Please resign. You failed the very people you claim to represent and support. You failed Alberta.

The Alberta Gov. should have kept it's nose out of this issue period and they are going to pay the price for doing it ....

Option 2 is a vote for freedom or equality within confederation, option 1 is for status quo. You couldn't vote option 1 for things to stay as they are and then cry things aren't changing, she's either retarded or lying. Why do I feel like she just got an internal poll that crushed her dream of being pm once and for all?

Though I'm not a fan of this degree of emotionalism in politics, her points are correct. I think she is feeling and processing the grief many of of us have felt when we realized our country, which we have served and struggled for, has betrayed us. I went to Afghanistan, I worked through Covid. I'm sick of being used by people who abuse us.

@Wadeskyitch Be cautious of enemies bearing gifts. Me thinkith this may well be a play, more than it is any type of stance that would help to further Albertas causes.

Well, Danielle I think you already know the answer to that question. Alberta has no choice but to get out of this nightmare of confederation. Thats our only hope

She’s getting it from all directions and I’m surprised she’s held it together for this long

We welcome Alberta as the new Associate Member of the USA

Voting option 2.

Still better then dip shit Nenshi and the NDP who would make Alberta a bigger shithole than BC. And no Ottawa never cared only fools think Ottawa actually cares about Alberta. Option 2 October 19th or we follow the rest of Canada and becomes members of the EU. Then we're fucked.

I think the Town Hall she attended the other day and the recent vote for a Leadership review has woken her up a bit. We're pissed. I think she gets it now. But her only hope is that her BFF PM fixes the Constitutional issues - which ain't gonna happen. Oh well...

And there lies the message. So D Smith, You know what needs to be Done. They don’t give 2 Craps about Alberta and continue to steel our Lunch Money.

Of course they want you. To work hard and send them money. And shut up. Tears won't fix that.

Ah, poor thing. Tears don't bring results. Am done with her.

I’ll forgive her if she announces tomorrow that Alberta is leaving immediately….🤷‍♂️😁

Not you, just your taxes.

AND THE GRAMMY for worst actress goes to... 😆 🤦‍♂️

Too little, too late. Danielle sold us out to the East.

i'm so sick of her she needs to stop kissing liberal ass !! for fuck sakes woman you can't suck and blow at the same time !!! pick a goddamn side pick the side independent Alberta ! lead the charge

If she thinks Ottawa has been hard on our oil and gas sector, wait until she sees what Europe does. Only this time, Ontario, BC and Quebec will be sympathetic as nuclear and hydro are also shut down.

Without Trump we would be living in the same world. I thank him and the American people for the change.

Then tell Carney to stay the fuck out of Alberta instead of inviting him In. Don’t cry about it, do you dam job and protect Albertans from these globalist.

Imagine how many tears Albertans have shed over the years!!!! Losing jobs, homes, not being able to afford food for their children or celebrate Christmas!! Screw the tears…. She lives an elite lifestyle. Albertans are done, we will be free and prosperous!

She’s a great actress🙄

She is getting a lot of criticism that I think is wrong-headed. She was and remains under a lot of pressure to cancel the referendum and she has withstood it. She gave us the opportunity to win the first referendum and gain momentum to win the next. Should we quiet the criticism and focus on winning? I think so.

More theatre 🤡

OPTION 2! LET'S GO!