The Nine: Did Danielle Smith get her mandate?
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The Nine: Did Danielle Smith get her mandate?

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 30, 202621 min
  • Politics
  • About Canada

Now that Question 10 has been put to rest, what about the other 9? Albertans were asked a range of questions regarding the future of the economy, immigration system, and Canada's constitution. Official results released on Thursday found that voters want changes to what programs and services non-citizens can access, while striking down any changes to the constitution including abolishing the Senate. Host Caryn Ceolin speaks to Jared Wesley, political science professor at the University of Alberta to discuss where this leaves Danielle Smith's leverage against Ottawa, how the urban-rural divide showed up in the results, and h...

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I'm Karen Seolin and today on The Big Story, I'm speaking with political scientist Jared Wesley

challenge Ottawa for more powers. Jared, welcome to The Big Story. It's a pleasure to have you on.

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Frequency Podcast Network. Stories that matter. Podcasts that resonate. It was supposed to be the leverage Daniel Smith would take to Ottawa, but results on questions one through nine from this month's historic referendum in Alberta leave the premiere without the mandate she explicitly sought from Albertans. Smith's proposals on constitutional reforms were outright rejected, while her ideas around immigration earned just slim majorities right down the middle,

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leaving her with a potential political problem as she campaigns toward next year's provincial election. I'm Karen Seolin and today on The Big Story, I'm speaking with political scientist Jared Wesley about Alberta's stark rural and urban divide on immigration and whether the premier can still challenge Ottawa for more powers. Jared, welcome to The Big Story. It's a pleasure to have you on.

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Thanks for having me. Post referendum, what's the mood in your province right now? I would say overall, probably a little bit of relief. It's been a very divisive time with a lot of folks focusing on one particular question about Alberta's place in Canada.

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