February 24th, 2025

Danielle Smith showing she’s not a quality leader for Alberta


By Lethbridge Herald on November 4, 2022.

Editor:

In less than a month, Danielle Smith has proven she is not a wise and thoughtful leader. 

She publicly messaged her base claiming they’d been ‘discriminated against like nothing [she has] ever seen’ implying, ‘The non-vaccinated among you may have made the wrong decision. Now you need my help. I will now stand on your shoulders to make myself look better.’ I am hugely insulted by this. Smith should have acted more responsibly before she waded into this issue. Smith has certainly assured us there will be no return of medical professionals to Alberta. On Oct. 24, she stated, “I think that the staffing shortages have been manufactured by the bad decisions of Alberta Health Services.” Another year for me without a local family doctor. Another year for our superheroes and heroines in health care struggling under so-called UCP leadership. Another thoughtless comment by our leader.

What exactly is her proposal regarding the Sovereignty Act and the Supreme Court of Canada? She claims to want to keep money in Alberta and will challenge the federal government. This means time and money spent on skilled politicians, academics, lawyers, their aides and assistants, poring over law books and government documents determining if it’s in Alberta’s best interest to fight the federal government. She wants to wage this war now? She’ll be spending a lot of Alberta’s money in defiance of Ottawa. 

Smith most recently is quoted as saying, her new cabinet would provide “… some of the stability that they’ve (Albertans) been looking for.” She openly admits the former cabinet was unstable (I agree, but she said it publicly.) A leader normally rallies the troops based on the strengths of the past. A leader doesn’t throw supporters, old and new, under the bus. 

To Danielle Smith, I say: You have made Alberta the laughing stock of the country in less than a month. You are a wrecking ball. Please just say the words, “I resign.” 

M.A. Thomas 

Lethbridge

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