Unifying Her Party and Winning Over Albertans: Tasks Ahead for Smith if She Wants to Remain Premier
With less than eight months to go before the 2023 provincial election, Danielle Smith has her work cut out for her as she tries to unite a notoriously fractious party, beat the rival NDP to remain premier, and deliver on her campaign promises, such as tabling a sovereignty act.
Ted Morton, a former Alberta cabinet minister and professor emeritus of political science at the University of Calgary, says Smith can win a majority government if she works to achieve party unity while also focusing on solving the issues that Albertans are faced with.
On the party unity issue, Morton said Smith got off to a good start in her victory speech, in which she acknowledged and praised her leadership rivals….