# danielle smith (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover danielle smith. Page: Feed: --- ## [Sept. 14 by-election called in Calgary-Shaw; there’s plenty to ponder about what it’ll all mean](https://albertapolitics.substack.com/p/sept-14-by-election-called-in-calgary) _2026-08-19 · David Climenhaga · Alberta Politics by David Climenhaga_ It’s telling no candidate from a fringe separatist party has emerged to challenge the UCP in the vote ## [Count on it, UCP red tape will make it easier to lose your health care](https://albertapolitics.substack.com/p/count-on-it-ucp-red-tape-will-make) _2026-08-18 · David Climenhaga · Alberta Politics by David Climenhaga_ So where’s the minister of ‘red-tape reduction’ now that we actually need him? ## [Danielle Smith's Taxpayer Funded Tour for US Ambassador Pete Hoekstra...](https://thebreakdownab.substack.com/p/danielle-smiths-taxpayer-funded-tour) _2026-08-17 · TheBreakdownAB · TheBreakdown’s Substack_ And what did it get? ## [Preston Manning, 84, turns up with yet another ‘assembly’ to polish Alberta’s tarnished separation referendum](https://albertapolitics.substack.com/p/preston-manning-84-turns-up-with) _2026-08-15 · David Climenhaga · Alberta Politics by David Climenhaga_ He’s teaming up with another political has-been, former B.C. premier Gordon Campbell, 78 ## [Bill 11, The End Of Public Healthcare in Alberta](https://thebreakdownab.substack.com/p/bill-11-the-end-of-public-healthcare) _2026-08-14 · TheBreakdownAB · TheBreakdown’s Substack_ A Guest Op-Ed by Blaine Moen ## [Newspaper uncovers strange surge in fund-raising for separatist party in 2025](https://albertapolitics.substack.com/p/newspaper-uncovers-strange-surge) _2026-08-14 · David Climenhaga · Alberta Politics by David Climenhaga_ But what does it mean and what will Elections Alberta do about it? That’s not so clear ## [Getting lawyers to wear cowboy hats for 10 days every July is as close as Alberta’s going to get to a ‘distinct legal tradition’](https://albertapolitics.substack.com/p/getting-lawyers-to-wear-cowboy-hats) _2026-08-13 · David Climenhaga · Alberta Politics by David Climenhaga_ Alberta’s United Conservative Party is suffering from péquiste envy again! ## [St. Albert Public Library Board has estimated cost of UCP book ban at $100,000 in 2027](https://albertapolitics.substack.com/p/st-albert-public-library-board-has) _2026-08-10 · David Climenhaga · Alberta Politics by David Climenhaga_ That’s money that could be spent on, you know, books – not to mention other library materials and activities ## [Recovery and Rehabilitation - A Breakdown Exclusive with Guy Felicella](https://thebreakdownab.substack.com/p/recovery-and-rehabilitation-a-breakdown) _2026-08-10 · TheBreakdownAB · TheBreakdown’s Substack_ A 30 Year Old Made For Hollywood Saga, Weaponized Today ## [Guest post by Lorne Fitch: 20 reasons Albertans should be concerned about conservation](https://albertapolitics.substack.com/p/guest-post-by-lorne-fitch-20-reasons) _2026-08-07 · David Climenhaga · Alberta Politics by David Climenhaga_ One doesn’t need much insight to conclude that conservation, protection of our natural environment, is no priority in Alberta ## [Persona-led AI publishing (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/FgnbKpEBwXEY) _2026-08-07 · **Sponsored**_ Generate drafts, schedule subdomain publishing, and keep human review where needed. ## [‘In Alberta we believe in free speech, full stop,’ Danielle Smith says – at least when it comes to hate speech](https://albertapolitics.substack.com/p/in-alberta-we-believe-in-free-speech) _2026-08-06 · David Climenhaga · Alberta Politics by David Climenhaga_ But don’t think about advocating a teachers’ strike, at least until after Aug. 31, 2028! ## [Having made Alberta’s blue flag a symbol of separatism, separatists are furious some folks see it as a symbol of separatism!](https://albertapolitics.substack.com/p/having-made-albertas-blue-flag-a) _2026-08-05 · David Climenhaga · Alberta Politics by David Climenhaga_ Alas, Alberta’s Boring Blue Banner flops on both inspirational and vexillographical grounds ## [Episode 8.38 - Live in Edmonton (Part 2) - Dr Patrick Lennox!](https://thebreakdownab.substack.com/p/episode-838-live-in-edmonton-part) _2026-08-04 · TheBreakdownAB · TheBreakdown’s Substack_ On Treason... [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209714118/d10e1e27fa414b7a83c6dd6a20c33482.mp3) ## [Alberta propaganda push suggests UCP is encountering stiffer opposition to AI data centres than it expected](https://albertapolitics.substack.com/p/alberta-propaganda-push-suggests) _2026-08-03 · David Climenhaga · Alberta Politics by David Climenhaga_ Don’t worry about it, folks, slick online promotion advises, just think of hyperscale AI data centres as ‘digital refineries’! ## [Live in Edmonton (Part 1)](https://thebreakdownab.substack.com/p/live-in-edmonton-part-1) _2026-08-03 · TheBreakdownAB · TheBreakdown’s Substack_ A conversation with Dr Jared Wesley [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209515036/086079ef9a8b1e99486333a2980d1f7f.mp3) ## [Alberta Day is coming on Sept. 1! It won’t be replacing Labour Day any time soon](https://albertapolitics.substack.com/p/alberta-day-is-coming-on-sept-1-it) _2026-08-02 · David Climenhaga · Alberta Politics by David Climenhaga_ ‘Alberta Day,’ according to Jason Kenney back in 2020, was a great time to remember the Spanish Flu ## [July 30th, 2026 Speakers Corner!](https://thebreakdownab.substack.com/p/july-30th-2026-speakers-corner) _2026-07-31 · TheBreakdownAB · TheBreakdown’s Substack_ A recording from TheBreakdownAB's live video [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209195056/374f71f0df40054f64b6a14ecb2be311.mp3) ## [Let’s go back to the future Danielle Smith promised us: ‘No one should ever have to pay out of pocket to see a family doctor’](https://albertapolitics.substack.com/p/lets-go-back-to-the-future-danielle) _2026-07-27 · David Climenhaga · Alberta Politics by David Climenhaga_ That’s what she said on April 12, 2023 – but that was then, and this is now, so get ready to pony up some cash! ## [Was the separation petition ‘too big to rig’? Elections Alberta thinks so – many Albertans will not be so sure](https://albertapolitics.substack.com/p/was-the-separation-petition-too-big) _2026-07-25 · David Climenhaga · Alberta Politics by David Climenhaga_ Elections Alberta has so botched the validation process that both pro-Canadian and pro-separation Albertans now profoundly distrust it ## [Planned changes to Ottawa’s Canada Health Transfer could slash more than $50B from public health care over a decade](https://albertapolitics.substack.com/p/planned-changes-to-ottawas-canada) _2026-07-23 · David Climenhaga · Alberta Politics by David Climenhaga_ ‘Now is the time to invest in Canada’s public health care system, not undermine it’ — CFNU President Linda Silas ## [Hire AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/KUrJ5kGrGmDU) _2026-07-23 · **Sponsored**_ Browse public gigs, message candidates, and run video interviews — free to start. ## [UCP apologists clutch their pearls about premier’s ‘fascist pancakes’](https://albertapolitics.substack.com/p/ucp-apologists-clutch-their-pearls) _2026-07-21 · David Climenhaga · Alberta Politics by David Climenhaga_ Please don’t say that warning about a government showing signs of incipient fascism is outside the realm of acceptable political discourse ## [The cost of "Your Province, Your Premier"](https://thebreakdownab.substack.com/p/the-cost-of-your-province-your-premier) _2026-07-20 · TheBreakdownAB · TheBreakdown’s Substack_ Albertans are paying almost $10,000 a month for Danielle Smith's radio show... ## [$&#% your fascist pancakes! An Alberta moment](https://albertapolitics.substack.com/p/and-your-fascist-pancakes-an-alberta) _2026-07-19 · David Climenhaga · Alberta Politics by David Climenhaga_ There’s just something about FYFP that so perfectly encapsulates the current state of political affairs in Alberta that to hear it is to fully get it ## [Danielle Smith to Calgary-Shaw voters: Forget about a by-election any time soon](https://albertapolitics.substack.com/p/danielle-smith-to-calgary-shaw-voters) _2026-07-17 · David Climenhaga · Alberta Politics by David Climenhaga_ Alberta premier explains it’s the middle of summer and you don’t have time for politics … seriously! ## [Autocracy thru Artful Artifice](https://thebreakdownab.substack.com/p/autocracy-thru-artful-artifice) _2026-07-16 · TheBreakdownAB · TheBreakdown’s Substack_ A guest op-ed by Blaine Moen ## [Obviously impressed by the nice reception the NDP gave him, Sen. Lindsay Graham said Donald Trump made him ‘want to move to Canada’](https://albertapolitics.substack.com/p/obviously-impressed-by-the-nice-reception) _2026-07-13 · David Climenhaga · Alberta Politics by David Climenhaga_ In 2015, the Wildrose Party was outraged the NDP didn’t meet the late U.S. Senator at the airport with a brass band and a bouquet of roses ## [July 12, 2026 Alberta Politics Roundup!](https://thebreakdownab.substack.com/p/july-12-2026-alberta-politics-roundup) _2026-07-13 · TheBreakdownAB · TheBreakdown’s Substack_ A.I A.I Oh! [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/206774549/752f91183cdd147ae730460e9551e88d.mp3) ## [Something’s gravely wrong with how Elections Alberta torpedoed Corb Lund’s Water Not Coal citizen initiative petition](https://albertapolitics.substack.com/p/somethings-gravely-wrong-with-how) _2026-07-12 · David Climenhaga · Alberta Politics by David Climenhaga_ Combined with ongoing UCP electoral jiggery-pokery, this is turning into a genuine crisis of democratic legitimacy ## [UCP’s ‘constitutional’ referendum questions push a grab-bag of right-wing policy goals intended to divide and weaken Canada](https://albertapolitics.substack.com/p/ucps-constitutional-referendum-questions) _2026-07-10 · David Climenhaga · Alberta Politics by David Climenhaga_ Through commission and omission, the final four questions we must deal with on Oct. 19 aim to support a provincial march into federal jurisdiction – say no to all nine! ## [Meta announcement shows Alberta’s determination to welcome AI data centres, public anxiety notwithstanding](https://albertapolitics.substack.com/p/meta-announcement-shows-albertas) _2026-07-09 · David Climenhaga · Alberta Politics by David Climenhaga_ Other than a few jobs and modest annual government revenues, it’s not completely clear what benefits these massive plants will bring to Alberta ## [Point once, get highlights (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/BrHHWpvK9CKL) _2026-07-09 · **Sponsored**_ Get minutes worth watching from a whole game — point once ## [Episode 8.32 - Indigenous Scholar Matthew Wildcat!](https://thebreakdownab.substack.com/p/episode-832-indigenous-scholar-matthew) _2026-07-06 · TheBreakdownAB · TheBreakdown’s Substack_ A recording from TheBreakdownAB's live video [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/205433146/9052dce58e7d4a8d2d12ef3ff8888b45.mp3)