Western Standard - October 29, 2026


Smith hits back after Nenshi links her to separatists

Don’t let the government kill direct democracy BREAKING： Premier Danielle Smith confirms Jeffrey Rath being ejected from UCP

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1 minute

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162.05

Word count

197

Sentence count

17

Harmful content

Misogyny

3

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Hate speech

1

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Transcript

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00:00:00.060 Quote, we're gonna have to get those Alberta girls making more babies, unquote. 1.00
00:00:04.820 That's Mitch Sylvester. Quote, our immigration and deportation department, 0.99
00:00:09.400 unquote. That's Jeffrey Rath talking about deporting Canadians from Alberta.
00:00:13.680 These are the Premier's friends. These are the people she gives her cell phone
00:00:17.160 number to. These are the people she tells what to do in her own words. These are
00:00:22.120 the people she's directing. These are the people she's changing the law for. Did any 0.87
00:00:26.680 Does any member of her caucus know that she actually works for the separatists?
00:00:36.680 Premier?
00:00:37.680 Does any members of that side know that Geoffrey Rath was actually a contributor to the NDP party for several years from 2015 through to 2019?
00:00:47.680 He's actually an NDP supporter, Mr. Speaker.
00:00:50.680 And so maybe the member opposite should answer for his statements.
00:00:54.680 statements i believe mr speaker that our proposals on immigration receive the majority support
00:01:01.080 because they're very reasonable we are asking to take more control over economic migrants
00:01:06.120 we are asking to ensure that those who are temporary pay a fair share of their premiums 0.99
00:01:10.760 I said, well, go slow, Mr. Speaker, but we're going to get it right.