By Jim Hoft
Alberta’s new premier, Marlaina Danielle Smith, who took office on Tuesday, promised to stand against the federal government in Ottawa and called vaccine requirements an “unacceptable” form of discrimination in her first news conference.
During a ceremony held in Edmonton, the provincial capital, Smith was sworn in as the 19th prime minister of Alberta. She is the third woman to hold the position in the province’s history.
Later this month, the new prime minister will choose her cabinet members, and among them will be someone to take Dr. Deena Hinshaw’s place as Alberta’s chief medical officer of health.
On her first day in office, Smith described those people who refused to get vaccinated as the most discriminated against group she had ever seen.