Oct 16, 2026 · 40 min · 16 segments
I sat down with Premier Danielle Smith yesterday. This was an opportunity of a lifetime for me. I am a massive Danielle supporter, and yes we do not agree on everything, but where we agree most is…
Danielle SmithGuestKevin TuckerHostHaving a conversation like that with someone like that, um, reinstills hope, I feel, oddly.
Even though, uh, I feel like our backs have been against the wall for so long, then when you get to sit down and hear the optimism and hear how articulate Danielle is and thoughtful in the way she breaks down everything, um, yeah, reinstills hope, if that makes sense.
She just reaffirmed, uh, the list of things that she has been able to accomplish, and it's easy to get caught up in the anger, anger, anger, "No, you don't mean what you say," until you sit back and talk with someone like her and you get to realize, you know what? The- She has moved a mountain.
She's put an end or started to put an end to wokeism, and she's entertaining things like equalization again.
We still have our reservations, but she's actually getting it done and getting it over the line, which is amazing to me.
Yeah, and it made me also realize, like, we all talk about this potential split after with NDP and what this could do if too many vote for option two and there's too many no to the nines or yeah, the risk is real.
I know they have a significant following too, but, you know, Alberta is largely conservative, UCP, so overwhelmingly majority last time.
We got to move on and then we got to reunite again because we cannot have an NDP government.
If Mark Carney does get some of the things that he says he's going to do, then we have to shut up.
We can't just hate to hate liberal or hate right or left hate right or everybody.
I know what the rest of the country is looking at us like, what is your problem? You guys need to stop hating on each other.
Why don't you just buy into Mark Carney? Well, the fear is real here in Alberta.
Having a conversation like that with someone like that, um, reinstills hope, I feel, oddly.
Even though, uh, I feel like our backs have been against the wall for so long, then when you get to sit down and hear the optimism and hear how articulate Danielle is and thoughtful in the way she breaks down everything, um, yeah, reinstills hope, if that makes sense.
She just reaffirmed, uh, the list of things that she has been able to accomplish, and it's easy to get caught up in the anger, anger, anger, "No, you don't mean what you say," until you sit back and talk with someone like her and you get to realize, you know what? The- She has moved a mountain.
She's put an end or started to put an end to wokeism, and she's entertaining things like equalization again.
We still have our reservations, but she's actually getting it done and getting it over the line, which is amazing to me.
Yeah, and it made me also realize, like, we all talk about this potential split after with NDP and what this could do if too many vote for option two and there's too many no to the nines or yeah, the risk is real.
I know they have a significant following too, but, you know, Alberta is largely conservative, UCP, so overwhelmingly majority last time.
We got to move on and then we got to reunite again because we cannot have an NDP government.
If Mark Carney does get some of the things that he says he's going to do, then we have to shut up.
We can't just hate to hate liberal or hate right or left hate right or everybody.
I know what the rest of the country is looking at us like, what is your problem? You guys need to stop hating on each other.
Why don't you just buy into Mark Carney? Well, the fear is real here in Alberta.
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