Alberta premier under fire for ‘misinformed’ comments on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Nicole Di Donato, CTV News Calgary Multimedia Journalist.

Published Oct. 16, 2022

Alberta's premier is coming under fire for comments she made online about Russia's invasion of Ukraine a few months before getting the province's top job.

In a livestream on Locals.com on April 29, Premier Danielle Smith asked about her thoughts on the “peace plan for Ukraine, Russia.”

She answered by giving a hypothetical situation where Canada has nuclear weapons and is aligned with Russia, and how that would upset the U.S.

“So, why would we be surprised if Russia is upset because Ukraine has nuclear weapons and is aligned with the United States?” she said in the livestream.

“I think the only answer for Ukraine is neutrality.”

Other posts from Smith on Locals.com are also coming to the forefront, first brought to light on Friday by independent journalist Justin Ling.

In a post on Feb. 24, Smith asked if areas of Ukraine should be allowed to break away and govern themselves independently if they want.

“It seems to me the great powers of the world did a terrible job defining the new borders of countries after WWII. So much of the conflict we have had since is due to different people being crammed under one national government that don't like each other,” the post said.

Bohdan Romaniuk, board member with the Canada-Ukraine Foundation and a long-time Ukrainian community activist, calls the comments deeply disturbing and misinformed.

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