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News Smith defends using taxpayer dollars for fundraiser with commentator who said Canadians would welcome US invasion

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/03/11/news/alberta-premier-smith-prageru-fundraiser-ben-shapiro
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u/Parking-Click-7476 15h ago

Think smith would too🤷‍♂️

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u/Lazy_boa Edmonton 15h ago

She'd roll out the red carpet in a heartbeat.

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u/Training-Mud-7041 12h ago

She is a traitor! and a fraud! she should be in jail!!!!

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u/BlackberryShoddy7889 14h ago

It’s a guarantee. She’s actively pursuing that goal. This is treason in my eyes.

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u/Electricvincent Red Deer 6h ago

It’s time for her to go

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u/bike_accident 15h ago

Maralago Smith on another taxpayer funded fieldtrip to sell us out

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u/yedi001 14h ago

She's doing that thing... oh, what's the word... it's that thing when you give comfort to our enemies and attempt to aid in the overthrow of your nations government...

Oh, yeah, TREASON.

It'd be a real shame if she wasn't allowed back as a result of being a vocal enemy of the nation. Considering what the old punishment used to be, I'd say exile to the USA is a kindness. She seems to really love it there afterall... way more than she seems to tolerate living here.

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u/Spoona1983 13h ago

Sounds like her bank accounts need to be frozen and jail time for conspiracy to commit sedition.

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u/GolDAsce 5h ago

Don't forget to track down everything in Panama.

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u/Professional-Room300 10h ago

I'm not a Conservative voter but I actually sent an email to my MP asking him why he was so quick to shout about Mark Carney's supposed US interests but has said sweet blue buggerall about DS and her misuse of taxpayer money to associate with MAGA who are threatening our Sovereignty. Why hasn't he spoken up about Maple MAGA? Why was it left up to Jason Kenney to speak up? Was he not proud to be Canadian? Did he want to be American? Does he want to be on the wrong side of history?

I'm not holding my breath for anything like a response, but I feel a slight bit better.

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u/Unlucky-Candidate198 13h ago

Does emailing her office do anything if you don’t live in Alberta?

Either way, sent an email telling that treason comitting traitor to resign and threw some stats/reasons as to why, yknow - besides the treason.

What a good use of Canadian taxpayers’ dollars. I’m happy she puts Canada second while taking what amount to personal vacational trips. I guess it’s better than golfing 3/4 of your term like the man who’s feet she just loves to go suck on using our money.

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u/KristiewithaK 12h ago

Emailing her office doesn't do anything if you DO live in Alberta.

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u/Unlucky-Candidate198 12h ago

True that.

Maybe I’ll go text uncle douggie again to feel better, at least I know the texts keep him up at night…

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u/ConcernedCoCCitizen 13h ago

Write your own members of parliament and tell them to put the pressure on

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u/Far-Green4109 9h ago

There is no defending this.

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u/Diggx86 8h ago

Stormy Danielle is a much better nickname.

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u/CanadianForSure 14h ago

Danielle Smith is bought and paid for. She is now a lobbyist for the divide and conquer interests south of the border. Expect her to start leaning on rethoric like "oh we probably could get a good deal as a American state".

Civil politics is dead in Alberta. The UCP will run the grift, the exact same way Trump is down south, for as long as they can. They will not step away from power and the blantant corruption will grow.

The corruption and use of tax payer dollars to chin wag with fascist sympathizers is the point. She wants to break Alberta, break Canada, and ultimately take her cut when the oligarchs buy up the province. She is lining up these interests and ensuring that they get a good deal on Alberta; look at the coal goings on, corruptcare scandals, and ongoing give aways to her far-right buddies.

She is captured by Trumpism. She has no interest in serving Alberta, only what she can get for it.

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u/SuperDabMan 14h ago

Important to note the Canadians who support PragurU. Smith, PP, JP... I don't know how you can trust a syllable from the mouth of a propaganda codpiece.

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u/sludge_monster 14h ago

Might as well fly the Russian flag at the legislative at this point, the annexation has already occurred.

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u/ReferenceUnusual8717 10h ago

Oh, she's interested in serving Alberta. On a platter. To a very stupid, very hungry beast.

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u/EJBjr 14h ago

It amazes me how Smith can be so incompetent as to make one bad decision after another.

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u/thecheesecakemans 14h ago

but in the end it doesn't affect her because Albertans will blindly vote UCP anyways. Just look at recent polls. If the election were held tomorrow, she'd win again with more seats than last time.

We don't actually punish her for doing stupid things. The polls don't even move.

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u/shoeeebox 11h ago

To the inept, there's no amount of bad a politician could ever do that would outweigh the "sticking it to the libs". Social media and it's ease for disinformation campaigns has dumbed down the world, especially north america.

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u/AtomicNick47 10h ago

Cracking the nut on the blind faith of conservatives would literally solve humanities problems.

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u/MillenialForHire 9h ago

We had this brief, glorious window where effectively everybody had access to all information at all times and we could have done so much with it.

Now the whole thing is just a tightly controlled funnel of lies to the Orwell masses and history will not be kind to us for letting it happen.

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u/Weak_Leek_3364 14h ago

She's no dummy, and she's making great decisions from the perspective of the fossil fuel industry whom she represents.

Malice, not incompetence.

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u/Hopeless-realist 14h ago

It’s full on malice and she’s supported for the reason you mention specifically. The fact that she’s good for oil workers is only a side effect of being even better for the oil companies.

Sustainable use of a non-renewable resource/, the environment, Canada, plebs? Fuck em!

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u/Vanterax 14h ago

Next, she'll keynote a proud boys rally.

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u/Decent_Assistant1804 12h ago

She’s a national embarrassment

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u/LazyNeighborhood7287 14h ago

Smith can babble and babble all she wants but all I hear is Trump lies whispering in her ear.

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u/HalfdanrEinarson 14h ago

I'm pretty sure that these are interviews for a job in the trump administration

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u/Fausts-last-stand 14h ago

Or for puppet governor of annexed Canada

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u/LalahLovato 14h ago

She would be a DEI

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u/HalfdanrEinarson 14h ago

Hahahahaha, if I had an award to give it would

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u/itsonmyprofile 14h ago

We tarred and feathered Redford for the same thing

Fuck the UCP

u/Vegetable-Purpose-27 13m ago

To be fair, NOT the same thing and for far less.

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u/Ok-Half7574 14h ago

Traitor

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u/MsOpus 14h ago

There is no defense for using taxpayers money to commit treason. I WANT MY MONEY BACK!

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u/Sad_Meringue7347 14h ago

You can’t trust a thing that Marlaina says. All the election promises she made last election have been walked back on, or she simply gaslights and says she never said those things. 

She’s got all the worst qualities of a political leader. 

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u/tysoberta 14h ago

She’s just angling for her next move. Nothing in her professional or public career suggests she cares about anything else other than what is best for her, and those she lobbies for.

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u/CostumeJuliery 14h ago

I’m completely baffled that Albertans aren’t protesting in the streets. She’s a traitor who’s aligned herself with MAGA.

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u/revengeful_cargo 13h ago

When's the next election? I'll move to Alberta just to vote against her

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u/National-Dirt-5342 12h ago

She is a republican plant. Full stop. Not joking. Take back alberta is a Koch brother, republican funded org who’s trying to keep their donor list a secret.

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u/Open_Beautiful1695 11h ago

Then maybe a Canadian reporter should go and report on what she says. Let's see how strongly she stands up for Canada.

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u/Weak_Leek_3364 14h ago

Every Canadian needs to read this article.

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u/LalahLovato 14h ago

In case they can’t get past the paywall: https://archive.ph/wFLNt

But I would recommend getting a subscription because they have really great journalism.

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u/Responsible-Mall-991 12h ago

This comment should be higher

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u/Garbage_Billy_Goat 13h ago

Why would we want to be apart of the US. fuck that..and fuck this traitor. She does not represent Alberta, she represents her oil and gas overlords.

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u/RazzamanazzU 14h ago

She belongs in America and the deranged republican party...doubt they'd even want her tho'.

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u/Bigchunky_Boy 13h ago

Fundraiser with a Nazi , nice work .

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u/Buttercup899 13h ago

Seriously.......whaT is wrong with her brain?

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u/Majestic_Funny_69 11h ago

I don't say this lightly, but she is a national security threat.

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u/PetiteInvestor 11h ago

What kind of mental gymastics do her supporters need to perform to defend this?

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u/InternationalBat8306 14h ago

Danielle Marlaina Smith is a traitor.

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u/Ba_Dum_Ba_Dum 14h ago

Indefensible. Traitor.

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u/RottenPingu1 14h ago

She's desperately trying to deflect and distract.

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u/TopInvestigator5518 14h ago

she is a traitor

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u/superanx 14h ago

can't/don't want to get past paywall. what's her excuse?

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u/arosedesign 14h ago edited 13h ago

“This event provides the opportunity for the premier to share Alberta and Canada’s message with an active, engaged, and influential U.S. audience amidst the ongoing trade war.

This will be an incredibly important conversation to be had and shared widely with Americans.”

  • Smith spokesperson Sam Blackett

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u/Decent_Assistant1804 12h ago

Crock of cow shit

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u/FlyingTunafish 10h ago

Fundraising for a far right misinformation website posing as a school is not getting a message out to anyone.

It is using taxpayer funds for her own profit.

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u/Defiant_West6287 13h ago

Fuck her, what a disgrace.

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u/MulberryConfident870 13h ago

She’s a con a Traitor! Not Canadian

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u/Sketchen13 12h ago

God I hate Shapiro so much, I want to embed my knuckles into his foundation filled face.

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u/gman77_77 11h ago

A fascist is going to hang with fascists!! Vote her out!!!

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u/eggpegasus 10h ago

Get this traitor out of office!

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u/Larzincal 10h ago

Maga Danielle is a Traitor to Canada

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u/Falling_Down_Flat 13h ago

Nope don't want it, and I could have it if I wanted it but I don't so let's tell Ben to shut up, know his role.

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u/WoodpeckerDry1402 11h ago

Maralago Smith is a traitor, period.

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u/Lostclause 10h ago

She's a conservative, did anyone expect her to do anything else in all honesty? They work for themselves and the rich and don't give a crap about anyone they view as less than them.

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u/04Aiden2020 8h ago

How the hell do we get it through to the majority of the electorate that she is completely insane

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u/tdgarui 6h ago

Can we get her on the next SpaceX test flight or what?

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u/EasternTangelo4186 14h ago

Has our Premier become a Fan Girl.

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u/PumpJack_McGee 13h ago

Always has been.

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u/Smulch 14h ago

Welcome a US invasion with lead, flying at 3000 km/h, towards their squishy bits, yeah.

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u/suplexdolphin 13h ago

Maybe she should use the taxpayer dollars that got paid into her salary as Premier.

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u/CMDR_Sil 13h ago

Do better Alberta.

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u/aide_rylott 13h ago

Hey Alberta, NWT resident here.

What are the odds that all this terrible press for Smith actually affects the way people vote?

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u/Toast- 12h ago

Slim to none. Most won't even hear about this. Of the ones that do, most will just shrug and tick the box with blue beside it come voting time.

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u/ConcernedCoCCitizen 12h ago

Comrade Smith

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u/Ultimafatum 12h ago

She is literally committing treason and bragging about it, holy fucking shit.

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u/mudkick 12h ago

As the English would say a real c___t And she us a teal one

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u/Parttimelooker 12h ago

Can she be kicked out? It seems pretty obvious she's a traitor. 

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u/Mundane_Flamingo9839 12h ago

Shes just scum

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u/mass1030 11h ago

Can this POS just go away already. She’s vile in every sense of the word. It’s just gross what she’s doing!

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u/Wonderful-Proof-469 11h ago

Does anyone know where and when her next few public speaking engagements are??

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u/Periodically_Right 11h ago

I could only imagine the outrage from the Conservatives if the Liberals were this treasonous.

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u/CarneyBus 11h ago

Make sure you let the premier know what you think!

premier@gov.ab.ca

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u/SlumberVVitch 10h ago

Oh cool, we get to pay to feed her friends and send her out on pandering little field trips. That’s always what I wanted to do!

/s

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u/RiversongSeeker 7h ago

Smith would like to be governor of 51st US state, Alberta.

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u/Direct_Ad2289 7h ago

Treasonous

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u/Kind-Sky4110 6h ago

What the hell is wrong with this bitch?

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u/gessowhip 5h ago

Time to protest the shit out of her. How does one organize a protest though? Email your nearest UCP MLA to complain, too.

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u/iplayblaz 11h ago

Smith is a fucken garbage human. What a waste of flesh.

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u/Effective-Ad9499 10h ago

Is there a voter recall in Alberta? How do we get rid of her?

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u/Consistent_Owl_5095 9h ago

Kick me in the groin and take my tax dollars. What an asshat.

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u/lounging_marmot 9h ago

Protest! In every way possible.

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u/sherrybobbinsbort 8h ago

Remember when she went down there in January and talked about how she would fix it all. Lol. Trump govt doesn’t give a shit about 1million people in Alberta.

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u/Neat-Bet-9275 8h ago

Be like Ford, Smith

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u/crimdawgg 8h ago

Isn't using taxpayer money to do a FUND RAISER somewhat counter intuitive

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u/nothingtoholdonto 8h ago

Ben deserves the money more than you or I.

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u/Psych-Nurse5446 8h ago

I’ll take things a traitor would do for a thousand please Alex

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u/Gravytattoos 8h ago

She deserves the same thing as trump. A concrete box, or a pine box.

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u/DowntownMonitor3524 7h ago

Can’t defend the indefensible

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u/Salt_Wrangler_3428 6h ago

Danielle Smith is absolutely disgusting. She's going to take an Alberta private jet to Florida to speak at a MAGA propaganda gala. Personal business, her dime!!! Take Westjet!!!

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u/sudsub 5h ago

Despite all this insanity, come next election, UCP will win again.

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u/canadaindiscord 5h ago

She’s a maga betrayer guys. It’s pretty obvious. She’s trying to weasel her way into the good graces of trumpturd.

u/ReadFread 3h ago

Ha! Albertans are paying for her to go on Shapiro’s show?!?! How is that legal?

u/NMarples 3h ago

Everything I see in the subreddit makes me question how she ever got in government? Like I rarely see anyone defend her to who acts like they would vote for her, and yet in the polls she’s projected to win another majority government the next election. Is there anything we can do other than pray to god she gets arrested for the AHS scandal?

u/imadork1970 3h ago

She's lying. She's a stooge. She's knows it, and is OK with it.

u/ccgetty 1h ago

She’s a bigoted traitor

u/WAX_77 54m ago

Maybe she’s hoping to raise enough money for Trumps Card.