OTTAWA — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is softening an ultimatum she gave Prime Minister Mark Carney several months ago, saying she hopes to negotiate a resolution of the nine federal laws she says are throttling Alberta’s oil and gas sector by Grey Cup. Article content

“I can tell you that we are hoping to have some kind of agreement with the prime minister, by Grey Cup, where he gives a clear indication that he’s prepared to address the nine laws that have created an investment climate that is hostile to private investment,” Smith told reporters in Ottawa on Tuesday. Article content

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Smith was taking questions from the media a day after meeting briefly with Carney, just before he left Ottawa for a visit to Washington, D.C.

She wouldn’t divulge

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