“I noticed this among progressive men: they talk a lot about supporting women until they meet a strong conservative woman,” said Ms. Smith in Edmonton, in response to questions at an independent press conference. It is a fairly constant approach that I observed, not only on the part of the current Prime Minister, but also of the old. ”
This argument is the last episode of acrimony between Ms. Smith and Mr. Carney, whose relationship deteriorated almost immediately after her assertiveness last month.
During his campaign in Victoria this weekend, Carney joked about the appearances of Canadian Prime Ministers on Fox News, the American conservative media, saying that it would be a “bad idea” to bring Ms. Smith into the channel to defend cross -border diplomacy.
“We send Doug Ford (the Prime Minister of Ontario) to Fox News to show them that we are not kidding here,” said Carney. And we are going to send Danielle then, we (…) Well, no, maybe we will not send Danielle, said the Liberal chief. No, maybe we will not send it. We will not send Danielle. We will keep it. No, it was a bad idea. “
The comments of Ms. Smith recall a recent speech to the Legislative Assembly, in which she hinted that the criticisms of her efforts to reduce American customs duties were based on sexism.
“They want this lady and Alberta to be silent,” said Ms. Smith in the Albertan legislators at the end of March.
While the electoral campaign is approaching mid-Campagne, Ms. Carney’s liberal party was inspired by Ms. Smith’s comments. He recently published an advertisement of his remarks according to which the conservative chief Pierre Poilievre would be “completely in phase” with the orientation of the United States under the chairmanship of Donald Trump. Ms. Smith argued on Monday that the alignment of Mr. Poilievre and Mr. Trump was a question to which Mr. Hairy was to answer, adding that she saw no parallel between the two.
“I focus on provincial policy and provincial policies, and I leave the two political leaders, who are at the top of the list, to fight,” added Ms. Smith.
The relationship has been freezing from the start
Before the elections were launched, during the first week of Mr. Carney to the post of Prime Minister, they met in Edmonton, but no photo of them was taken.
Shortly after the meeting, Ms. Smith presented a list of requests to the next federal government and threatened to trigger a crisis of national unity if they were not satisfied.
Ms. Smith expressed her frustration in the face of Mr. Carney’s refusal to end the ceiling offered on oil and gas emissions. Carney publicly declared during his visit to Alberta that he was not in favor of the ceiling and has since confirmed that his government would maintain him.
The discussions on western grievances have grown, the polls showing that the liberals remain competitive under Mark Carney.
The former leader of the Federal Reform Party, Preston Manning, wrote in the Globe and Mail last week that a Carney government would feed a secessionist movement in the West. Recent polls suggest minority support in the province of rupture of relations in Alberta with Canada.
In response to a question about Mr. Manning’s article, Ms. Smith explained that the Albertans were frustrated by the last decade of Liberal government and that she had committed to setting up a working group on the “What is the next step” if her pre -electoral requests were not satisfied six months after the federal election of April 28.
Ms. Smith said he did not advocate separation, but underlined the existence of a civic process to launch referendums.
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