Premier Smith has positive first meeting with Prime Minister Carney. File Photo/CHAT News

By Jayk Sterkenburg

PROVINCE

‘A positive first step’: Premier Smith has first meeting with Prime Minister Carney

May 2, 2025 | 5:50 PM

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she had a positive first meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Friday.

Smith said her and Carney spoke at length about the policies and legislation that are “holding back Alberta’s economy”.

She said they discussed specific proposals for projects and legislative reforms that will significantly increase market access for Alberta oil and gas.

Smith said reforms will also increase access for agricultural products, among other goods.

“The Prime Minister made it clear he intended to rapidly advance these kinds of nation building projects in the coming weeks and months,” she said in an X post Friday.

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“We also discussed our ongoing trade dispute with the United States and how the federal government can work cooperatively with our province to advance both Canada’s and Alberta’s interests.”

Smith said repairing the damage to Alberta’s economy caused by Ottawa’s last 10 years of “anti-resource legislation and policies” will take a lot of effort and cooperation.

“However, today’s conversation was a positive first step,” she said.

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