“(The unvaccinated) have been the most discriminated-against group that I’ve ever witnessed in my lifetime,” Danielle Smith told reporters at the legislature.
Posted: Oct. 11, 2022 4:40PMDanielle Smith arrives to be sworn in as Alberta premier in Edmonton on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022.
“I don’t think I’ve ever experienced a situation in my lifetime where a person was fired from their job or not allowed to watch their kids play hockey or not allowed to go visit a loved one in long-term care or hospital, not allowed to get on a plane to either go across the country to see family or even travel across the border.Earlier in the day, Smith was sworn into the job by Lt.-Gov. Salma Lakhani at a ceremony at Government House.
Smith, 51, ran and won the United Conservative Party leadership race last week to replace Jason Kenney as leader and premier. “When they fail to meet targets and fail to meet direction, you change the management. And so that’s what we’re going to do,” said Smith. “My intention would be to have a new governance structure in place within 90 days.”
“I appreciate the work that Dr. Deena Hinshaw has done, but I think that we are in a new phase where we are now talking about treating coronavirus as endemic, as we do with influenza. So I will be developing a new team of public health advisers,” said Smith. Smith and Kenney sparred publicly during the leadership campaign. He characterized her core promise to create an Alberta sovereignty act to reject federal laws and court decisions as “nuts” and a fuse to light a powder keg of political and economic turmoil.Sign up for our newsletter to get breaking news and daily digests sent to your email.“I reached out to him and he has not accepted my invitation for a meeting,” she said.
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