{"id":136775,"date":"2025-09-11T18:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T18:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/136775\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T18:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T18:51:09","slug":"pq-leader-praises-alberta-premier-danielle-smith-for-standing-up-to-ottawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/136775\/","title":{"rendered":"PQ leader praises Alberta Premier Danielle Smith for standing up to Ottawa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Calgary<\/a><\/p>\n

The leader of the Parti Quebecois says he sees possible areas of co-operation with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith if he becomes Quebec premier next year.<\/p>\n

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon sees possible areas of co-operation<\/p>\n

The Canadian Press \u00b7 Posted: Sep 11, 2025 1:31 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago<\/p>\n

\"PartiParti Quebecois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, left, says he sees room for co-operation with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. (Sylvain Roussel\/CBC, Nathan Denette\/The Canadian Press)<\/p>\n

The leader of the Parti Quebecois says he sees possible areas of co-operation with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith if he becomes Quebec premier next year.<\/p>\n

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, who became PQ leader five years ago, was a guest speaker today at the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy.<\/p>\n

He wasn’t supportive of a pipeline through his province.<\/p>\n

But he says support for sovereignty in Alberta and the way Smith has been demanding more provincial rights and less federal interference shows she has been doing a good job in watching out for her constituents’ best interests.<\/p>\n

He also says on the issue of federal transfers that Quebec would be happier not sending $90 billion in cash to Ottawa rather than having money from other provinces sent back from Ottawa with strings attached.<\/p>\n

St-Pierre Plamondon says if elected premier next year, Quebec will have to work with other provinces and Alberta would be a good choice.<\/p>\n

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