Will Carney bow, bribe, and buckle to win over Danielle Smith? We know how that ends

Maybe, if this summer’s wildfires and other disruptions become bad enough, they will refocus public attention on climate and Mark Carney’s new government will be forced to respond.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
It took Alberta Premier Danielle Smith a nano-second (after her 'positive' first conversation with the new prime minister), to trash some of his new cabinet choices, writes Susan Riley.

Many Canadians will want to give the federal government and our new prime minister a decent chance before starting to pick at stray threads. But it has been noted that Mark Carney’s new team, his election campaign, and his recent comments do not exactly scream “climate a...

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