“Danielle has been an effective champion of Senate reform, a cause important to Albertans. I was especially impressed by the profile she was able to give this issue – and other federal reforms much needed by Albertans – at the big Calgary Congress she co-hosted and helped organize in 2006. She’s an outstanding candidate in many ways, and in my view the one best suited to lead the Wildrose Alliance.”
-Betty Unger, Alberta senator-elect, Edmonton.
“We have known and worked with Danielle for many years. As social conservatives we have long admired the rare courage with which she has defended the right of pro-life and pro-family Albertans to free speech and freedom of conscience, and criticized provincial-government funding of abortion. We believe she has the skills, character and appeal to lead our party and our province.”
-Link Byfield, Alberta senator-elect, and Joanne Byfield, pro-life organizer and activist, Edmonton
“I want a premier with knowledge that is broad and deep, who actually cares about the province and its people. I want a premier with a clear vision on how to fix problems and bring us back to health and prosperity. In short, I want substance. Danielle Smith is it.”
-Candis McLean, Calgary, investigative journalist and documentary producer.
“I’ve known Danielle Smith for fifteen years as an activist and a friend. She’s the sort of smart young leader who can take the Wildrose Alliance to victory.”
-Tom Flanagan, former federal Conservative campaign manager and author of Harper’s Team: Behind the Scenes in the Conservative Rise to Power.
“Danielle Smith’s integrity and clear thinking will reinvigorate Alberta politics and government. The Wildrose Alliance needs her leadership. The province needs her leadership.”
-Rainer Knopff, U of C professor, author of Human Rights & Social Technology: The New War on Discrimination.
“I have known Danille for 12 years. Working with her as a property rights advocate she is a straight forward, honest and outstanding individual. Her leadership ability is unparalleled.”
-Gordon Butler, Past President of the Western Stock Growers’ Association, and Property Rights Advocate.
“I’ve known Danielle for a long time and I think we really need her in the Legislature to take on Ed Stelmach and his irresponsible $7 billion deficit, his oil royalty mess that has killed jobs, and to repeal his outrageous censorship law that I was charged under for publishing the Danish cartoons of Muhammad.”
-Ezra Levant, Western Standard Publisher.
“I have known Danielle as a friend and a colleague over the past decade. She will be a dynamic leader of the Wildrose Alliance Party and has the best chance of leading that party to replace Ed Stelmach with a genuine conservative government.”
-Barry Cooper, Professor of Political Science, U of C.
“Danielle Smith is young, intelligent, articulate and passionate about her vision of what this province should be and could be. I believe that we are heading for an economic crisis under the arrogant, directionless Stelmach Tories. Danielle leading the Wildrose Alliance Party will give Alberta back to Albertans.”
-David Chatters Reform Party/Conservative MP for Athabasca and Westlock-St. Paul, 1993 -2006
“I kind of like this Wildrose lady (Danielle Smith). She’s smart and well-educated and maybe it’s time for a female premier.”
-Phil Klein, Edmonton, (Ralph’s father), quoted in the Calgary Herald, September 11, 2009
“I’ve known Danielle for at least a decade and have found her to be intelligent and trustworthy. She has a
history of commitment to positive political change. She is thoughtful and respectful. Those characteristics
impress me.”
-Hermina Dykxhoorn
