Months after Alberta Premier Danielle Smith warned of an “unprecedented national unity crisis” if her demands for changes to federal policies went ignored, tensions between Smith and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney thawed during a Sept. 10 meeting in Edmonton. Smith has never endorsed the Alberta Prosperity Project, a coalition claiming to have more than 200,000 members ready to support an independence referendum — though she did promote legislation lowering the signature threshold for referendums and extending the signature collection window.
