Danielle Smith must be tempted. What better time to call a snap election than after Prime Minister Mark Carney leaves Alberta standing at the altar, clutching a bouquet of empty promises?

Sure, the current rules say the provincial election date is set, but that can change in a heartbeat if you have a majority government, like Smith’s UCP.

The timeline for such a call would suggest mid-September. Already, some in Smith’s cabinet are warning Carney has until then to provide tangible proof his Liberal government isn’t blowing smoke about fast-tracking major projects and making Canada an energy superpower.

But such federal action doesn’t look likely. (Not a snowball’s chance in hell, some might say.)

Let’s face it: if Carney were serious, he’d have already deep-sixed some of those ruinous

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