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Recording of Danielle Smith saying she tried to work with American officials to get Pierre elected (sh.itjust.works)
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Archive link to Breitbart article: https://archive.is/UQuX1

Recording link of the quote there's also a link in the article but it goes to Breitbart Soundcloud account :

“Before the tariff war, I would say yes. I mean, Pierre Poilievre is the name of the Conservative Party leader, and he was miles ahead of Justin Trudeau. But because of what we see as unjust and unfair tariffs, it’s actually caused an increase in the support for the liberals,” Smith responded. “And so that’s what I fear, is that the longer this dispute goes on, politicians posture, and it seems to be benefiting the Liberals right now. So I would hope that we could put things on pause is what I’ve told administration officials. Let’s just put things on pause so we can get through an election.”

Pierre would bring would be very much in sync with, I think…the new direction in America,

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[–] cheeseburger@lemmy.ca 26 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Here (https://www.elections.ab.ca/recall-initiative/recall/) is everything you need to know for how to kickoff a recall of Danielle Smith in her provincial riding (aka electoral division). It doesn't guarantee she'll go away, but increases the odds greatly, and sends a clear message from her Alberta base to the UCP and the rest of Canada.

She holds the seat for the electoral division of Brooks-Medicine Hat. The petition for recall can be started by someone who lives there, whether they voted or not, with $500 and 200 words explaining why, then they need to gather physical (not digital) signatures of 40% of the electors in that riding, which is 13,838 signatures for Brooks-Medicine Hat. The population of Medicine Hat alone is north of 60k.

There are currently no recall petitions.

Danielle Smith needs to GO and we Albertans need to send that message.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

She won her election with 6,923 votes, out of 12,695. You'd need to get the physical signature of more people than the amount who could be bothered to go and vote.

That recall legislation was such bullshit by requiring the physical signatures of 40% of the electors, making is pretty much unsusable.

[–] cheeseburger@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

If people are angry enough it can work. The situation today is an entirely different than a typical provincial election where apathy is engrained in so many.

Collecting enough signatures isn't all up to the person who kicks off the recall petition; canvassers register and join in on collecting signatures. And they don't have to go door to door. If you have the permission of your employer, or a business, or central location you can set up canvasses there an let people know times and places to show up to sign. Not easy, but possible if people care enough.

The obvious hoops that have been set up to prevent a recall from being straight forward suck, but we still have a mechanism to do it. If a recall could succeed despite the hoops that would be extremely motivating to the rest of the province and country.

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 days ago

Even if the petition falls short of the 40% it's a strong message. Absolutely worth doing regardless of the outcome.