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Rachel Notley will have her hands full with Danielle Smith

Smith hammered on the differences between her approach and that of Notley’s NDP.

“Canada and Alberta are in the midst of an inflation and affordability crises that has been primarily caused by the fiscally destructive policies of the NDP coalition with the Liberals in Ottawa. When you flood the money supply with hundreds of billions in new spending and pursue policies that spike the price of energy and transportation, the result is crippling inflation that’s hurting a sizeable majority of Albertans.”

If the Trudeau-Singh partnership in Ottawa continues to drop in popularity, Smith will surely hammer away and group in the Alberta NDP with every thrashing.

She said in her speech that she found it callous that the NDP-Liberal coalition has now voted to triple the carbon tax, with Notley so far refusing to push Singh to reverse NDP support on this policy.

“There is no excuse for any party leader seeking to be premier of Alberta to sacrifice the welfare of Albertans for the sake of toeing the line of her federal party … She is not putting Albertans first and that’s the difference between us. I will always, always put Albertans first, no apologies.”

This is a troubling narrative for Notley’s NDP.

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/pol...danielle-smith