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Robert L. Ascah, Research Fellow, Public Economics, The Parkland Institute, University of Alberta

Will Danielle Smith veer back to the right and towards Alberta separatism?

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks to delegates at the Global Energy Show in Calgary, Alta., on June 13, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

With a fresh and workable majority, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is facing the choice of conforming to her moderate election stance or pushing the strategies of various quasi-separatist groups like Take Back Alberta and Project Confederation.

If she opts to move from the centre to the far right again, controversies involving the federal government, government workers and environmentalists will ensue.

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