Today the Innisfail-Sylvan Lake UCP CA hosted a friendraiser at the Discovery Wildlife Park in Innisfail and I was able to briefly chat with @ABDanielleSmith and @DevinDVote. I could have asked many questions but only had time for one topic to ask the Premier. I've been worried about messaging from the Premier in the Press for the past week that seems to imply that "she wants a new base." I first thanked her for continuing to have these public availabilities and then I asked her to clarify those statements. Of course we know that the "freedom types" who opposed the illegal C19 mandates etc are largely the ones who have been advocating for Alberta Independence. Was she turning her back on us in order to get City votes? She had been quoted this past Saturday by a reporter as saying independence people didn't get her elected and were not her base of support. She looked genuinely concerned by my question and said "I didn't mean to say that AT ALL." It's just that (certain people in the independence movement) didn't get her elected, and she didn't intend to make it seem like such a large swath of people that she was referring to. I asked her to talk to her strategist about that, and it that it was hard for me to raise the issue, but thought she should know. I hope that my few moments with the Premier help to calm some of confusion going on right now. Let's work together now to win that election next year!