Calgary, Edmonton mayors call potential separatism referendum 'dangerous' (www.cbc.ca)

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[-] tleb@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 days ago

Russia is for sure sowing seeds of doubt across all sorts of movements to politically disrupt us, but the whole reason separation is being taken at all seriously rests entirely on Danielle Smith. She thinks that legitimizing their concerns means that the UCP will stay together because the entire party is built on the idea of sharing a tent with fringe crazies. She's also encouraging all the talk about it because it is distracting from the government's ongoing scandals.

[-] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 9 points 2 days ago

Danielle Smith

After she became premier, it was revealed that she made comments on April 29 during a Locals.com livestream about Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Smith argued for a peace plan between Russia and Ukraine and advocated for Ukraine's neutrality. She also made subsequently deleted posts in March that questioned whether breakaway regions in Ukraine should be able to govern independently, and whether NATO played a role in the invasion, citing a conspiracy theory promoted by Tucker Carlson alleging 'secret U.S. funded biolabs' in Ukraine.[118]

Theeeere it is.

Honestly? I knew I would find something.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle_Smith#Controversies

[-] tleb@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

I'd still lean more towards her being a useful idiot, because as mentioned she necessarily courts all these conspiracy theories to keep the UCP together. But yeah, whether via Russian influence or her own stupidity, she is hugely responsible for this.