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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith delivered a note of congratulations — along with a sharply worded warning and a blanket condemnation — to Prime Minister Mark Carney and his new Liberal government on Tuesday.

It comes the same day her government proposed the Election Statutes Amendment Act, which would make sweeping changes to provincial election rules, including making it easier for citizens to call for a referendum on seceding from Canada.

In a statement, Smith urged Carney to immediately reset Ottawa’s relationship with her province, accusing the Liberals of undermining Alberta’s resource-based economy for a decade.

“I will not permit the status quo to continue,” she wrote.

Speaking to reporters later, Smith said more than 300 members of Parliament were elected because they stood on a platform to get resources developed, while the federal NDP and the Green Party were “crushed” and the Bloc Québécois “lost ground” because they were opposed.

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