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Smith defends staffer after legacy media attacks over mass immigration criticism

Smith refuses to back down in the face of media backlash, defending a staffer who dared to accurately call Canada’s high immigration levels “reckless and unsustainable.”

Quinn Patrick
Feb 19, 2026
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith refuses to back down in the face of media backlash, defending a staffer who dared to accurately call Canada’s high immigration levels “reckless and unsustainable.”

Bruce McAllister, head of Premier Danielle Smith’s Calgary office, posted comments on X on Thursday, stating, “The people orchestrating this reckless, unsustainable mass immigration into Canada fill me with profound disgust.”

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