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Gillian Steward

@gillian2.bsky.social
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Long-time journalist currently writing for the Toronto Star and living in Calgary.

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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Danielle Smith, your separatist sympathies are showing www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: Danielle Smith, your separatist sympathies are showing
True to form, Smith is not actually campaigning for a “yes” vote. The provincial government’s $4 million advertising campaign about the separation referendum doesn’t promote the idea of staying in
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Why would Danielle Smith vacation in the U.S. as we fight a trade war with the U.S.? www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: Why would Danielle Smith vacation in the U.S., as we fight a trade war with the U.S.?
Smith is out of sync with most Albertans, not to mention Canadians.
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Alberta's referendum vote promises to a huge shemozzle www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: Alberta’s confusing referendum questions are a taxing endeavour
There are two separation options to choose from combined into one question. If that is not confusing enough, there are nine other referendum questions on individual colour-coded ballots that go
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
How anger has fuelled Alberta's independence movement www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: How anger has fuelled Alberta’s independence movement
During Covid, certain Albertans were upset that public health officials and the government were imposing rules on them that took away their freedom. So now they want to do away
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Trump stokes political flames over Canadian wildfires as we plan to sell more oil www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: Trump stokes political flames over Canadian wildfires as we plan to sell more oil
The U.S. president suggests charging a smoke tariff while Canada promises new pipelines to export oil and increase greenhouse gas emissions globally.
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Is Danielle Smith betting that pipeline promises will keep Alberta in Canada? www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: Is Danielle Smith betting that pipeline promises will keep Alberta in Canada?
Is the latest anouncement to run a pipeline from Alberta to Ontario just a publicity stunt?
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Alberta health care policy could mean the end of medicare www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: This new Alberta health policy could spell the end of medicare
The Smith government's push for more cash-register surgery comes as the RCMP investigates provincial interference in contracts for private clinics.
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Why Alberta's oil pipeline may never be built www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: Why Alberta’s new oil pipeline may never be built
Despite an agreement between PM Carney and Alberta Premier Smith to build an oil pipeline, there are no private sector investors willing to build it.
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Danielle Smith has handed influence to the separatists. Now federalists must not take a referendum outcome for granted. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: Danielle Smith has handed influence to the separatists. Now federalists must not take a referendum outcome for granted
If most people vote to remain in Canada the game is over. And don’t talk to me about how the separatist movement can still build momentum even if they are
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
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Gillian Steward: Smith’s support for the Alberta separatists could end up costing her province the biggest prize of all
Smith can’t have it both ways. She is going to have to disavow the separatists if she wants a pipeline or she is going to have to support them and
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
When are Conservatives going to join the fight against Alberta separatism? www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: When are Conservatives going to join the fight against Alberta separatism?
So far only Tomas Lukaszuk, a former Progressive Conservative deputy premier, and former UCP premier Jason Kenney have taken up the cause. Where are all the other former Alberta PC
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Trump's hubris got us into this quagmire of rising prices www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: Donald Trump’s hubris got us into this quagmire of rising prices
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith must be rubbing her hands with glee.
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Alberta separatists stuck in first gear www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: Alberta separatists are stuck in first gear
An Abacus survey found that independence is way down the list of Albertans primary concerns. Affordability dominates the public agenda.
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
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Gillian Steward: Danielle Smith seems to have lost all sense of reality as she doggedly pursues her extremist agenda
Smith was in search of a problem that can get her government off the hook when it comes to the budget deficit so she chose immigrants as the scapegoat.
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
A new twist to the Alberta separation vote and it's put Danielle Smith on the spot www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: A new twist to the Alberta separation vote and it’s put Danielle Smith on the spot
The new referendum question is being proposed: “Do you agree that Alberta should continue to be a part of Canada?” This gives Premier Smith a decision to make.
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Danielle Smith's oil pipeline is nothing but a fantasy www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: Danielle Smith’s oil pipeline is nothing but a fantasy
But those billions of people living in energy poverty could just as easily use Chinese technology for cheaper renewable energy and become energy self sufficient rather than importing millions of
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Is it a book ban or not? www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: Alberta insists it’s not a book ban as many classics are targeted by censors
Last week Edmonton's school board came up with a list of over 200 books that would be taken out of their libraries, including Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaids Tale,” Maya Angelou's
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Carney's conundrum: canola farmers or EVs? www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: Carney’s conundrum: Will he abandon some 40,000 farmers to save Canada’s auto industry?
In 2024, our canola exports were $14.5 billion. This year, the harvest is in danger.
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Danielle Smith creates an Alberta that doesn't exist www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: Danielle Smiths’s town hall roadshow is inventing a version of Alberta that doesn’t exist
Smith's town halls veer too close to misrepresenting Albertans' views.
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Carney's conundrum. Will he abandon some 40,000 canola farmers to save Canada's auto industry? www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: Carney’s conundrum: Will he abandon some 40,000 farmers to save Canada’s auto industry?
In 2024, our canola exports were $14.5 billion. This year, the harvest is in danger.
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Pierre Poilievre byelection campaign hampered by huge riding and stolen ideas www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: Pierre Poilievre byelection hampered by huge riding and stolen ideas
How exactly is Poilievre campaigning? It must be difficult when Mark Carney has stolen most of your ideas and is high in the opinion polls (so far).
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Is a new oil pipeline a pipe dream? www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: Doug Ford and Danielle Smith have high hopes for new pipelines. Now the ball’s in Mark Carney’s court
There’s still a lot to be sorted out before anyone puts shovels in the ground for a new pipeline. And despite Rob Ford’s best efforts in Calgary and Danielle Smith’s
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Danielle Smith planning a road show to boost separatism despite ballot rejection of the cause www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: Danielle Smith planning a road show to boost separatism despite ballot rejection of the cause
PM Mark Carney should scoff at the threat of separation given that the separatists got only 18 per cent of the vote in a seat where they were expected to
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Alberta to charge for COVID-19 shots as its war against vaccination continues. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: Alberta to charge for COVID-19 shots as its war against vaccination continues
The Alberta government is following the footsteps of U.S. health secretary and anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. by making it more expensive to get a COVID-19 shot.
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Are the Liberals really to blame for Alberta's woes? www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
As the separation debate heats up, Danielle Smith is setting Albertans against eash other www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: As the separation debate heats up, Danielle Smith sets Albertans against each other
Alberta's premier is showing weak leadership as she'd rather set the province on fire than govern.
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Pierre Poilievre steps into a minefield in Alberta www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: Pierre Poilievre thinks he’s retreating to Conservative safety in Alberta. He’s really stepping into a minefield
It will be interesting to see how Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre handles Alberta premier Danielle Smith's encouragement of Alberta separatists.
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Danielle Smith continues to undermine Canada www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: Danielle Smith sends message that Carney will win — allowing her to continue undermining Canada
Alberta's premier takes credit for saving her province from Trump's tariffs on oil and gas and is now gearing up for her next battle — with the federal government.
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Danielle Smith says a Liberal win is just as scary as Trump's tariffs www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: For Danielle Smith, a Liberal win is just as scary as Donald Trump’s tariffs
The Alberta premier has created a series of demands that will immediately cause problems for the Mark Carney-led Liberal Party, should it win the April 28 election.
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Canadians are right to stand up to Trump www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: Donald Trump’s bullying threats may never stop. Canadians are right to stand up
The Oval Office scene of Trump and Vice-President JD Vance bullying President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine instructs Canada as to how low Trump will go.
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
The health scandal that just won't go away www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: Danielle Smith attacks Alberta Health Services in bid to escape health scandal
Danielle Smith’s attacks on Alberta Health Services for so-called resistance is nothing more than a distraction. Albertans shouldn’t be taken in by it.
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Health scandal leaves Alberta premier Danielle Smith suddenly speechless www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: Health scandal leaves Alberta Premier Danielle Smith suddenly speechless
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s fortunes abruptly changed when a former CEO of Alberta Health Services accused her government of corruption.
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
American tariffs on Canadian oil? Not a chance. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: Danielle Smith just might get Trump’s tariff exemption on oil and gas
If Alberta's premier persuades Trump and his people that Canadian oil is just as good as U.S oil she just might get the exemption she has been seeking.
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Alberta premier cozies up to Trump www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: Ignoring wildfires, Danielle Smith cozies up to Trump to sell more oil and avoid tariffs
Despite Smith's trip to Florida, the question still remains: can Alberta oil avoid the 25 per cent tariffs that Trump has threatened?
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Do we have to be so polite to Trump? www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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Gillian Steward: No more being polite. Canadians must stand up to Trump
Trump isn’t backing down from his tariff threat, so it’s time to start standing up for ourselves.
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
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Gillian Steward: Alberta may need Justin Trudeau’s help after all. Here’s why
After a busy week, it looks like Alberta is getting closer to declaring independence — or maybe joining the U.S.
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
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Opinion: This is how Canada should deal with Donald Trump, irrational actor
We cannot fall into the trap of believing the president-elect is rational – so we must not cave into his blackmail or immediately retaliate with self-destructive tariffs
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
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Justin Trudeau, premiers to convene tomorrow to discuss Donald Trump tariff threat
The PMO says that meeting will be held Wednesday, signaling the urgency Trudeau and premiers feel about Trump's statements.
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
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Gillian Steward: America refuses to elect a woman. Canada has no reason to gloat
We would be wise not to look down on our neighbours to the south.
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Gillian Steward @gillian2.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
I am here on Bluesky. Thank goodness for that. I write for the Toronto Star so will be posting some of my columns
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