Premier Smith Draws a Line in the Prairie Sand

Albertans to decide path forward for the province

Premier Danielle Smith addressed Albertans on the province’s path forward with the new federal government of Mark Carney on May 5, 2025. Today is a historic day. May 5 is the 10th anniversary of the election that accidentally brought the NDP to office in Edmonton, the only Alberta government never to have secured a second consecutive term.

What follows is a quick analysis for readers who are not in Alberta. It is a quick analysis of the speech and its meaning (the full text of the speech follows the analysis). The mainstream press will do its best to discredit the speech. Naheed Nenshi is already calling the premier a separatist, all while he is busy trying to separate from the federal NDP and their leadership.

Premier Danielle Smith’s May 5 speech clearly articulates how many Albertans see the continuation of the Trudeau decade in the policies of the new Carney government. It lays out a sharp and comprehensive indictment of the federal Liberal government’s treatment of Alberta over th…