A more immediate problem for Poilievre is Ontario Premier Doug Ford, a Conservative premier, who is a big fan of Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney and who is now publicly encouraging Poilievre to “put partisan stripes aside” and “work with the prime minister” on nation-building projects in the face of Trump’s damaging tariffs against Canada.

At her latest town hall on Alberta’s place in Confederation, Premier Danielle Smith wanted Albertans to vent their feelings about the federal government. But many of the 750 who turned up at Thursday night’s event in Edmonton vented their frustration about Smith and her government. The meeting in a packed hotel ballroom was loud, emotional and profane, which pretty much sums up Alberta…

Alberta wants to be the next Quebec. Or a sovereign province. Or a separate country. Or perhaps through some political hocus-pocus, a combination of the three. Such is the logic of comments at town halls orchestrated by Premier Danielle Smith’s “Alberta Next Panel,” a travelling road show where she and 15 hand-picked members are gauging the feelings of Albertans at 10…

Alberta’s separatist movement fell flat on its face Monday night in three provincial byelections. The Opposition NDP held on to two Edmonton ridings with leader Naheed Nenshi winning one of them, and the governing UCP was again victorious in the rural riding of Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills.

On Tuesday afternoon, Premier Danielle Smith held a news conference at the Alberta Legislature to explain her position on separation. After watching her spend 30 minutes answering questions from journalists I can say with certainty I’m as befuddled now as I was half an hour before. That might be because Smith seems just as baffled. Here is the punchline to her news…