After dealing herself a weak hand by making assumptions that turned out to be wrong, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith sat down for her weirdly timed mid-afternoon video address to the province Monday and tried to bluff her way out of a predicament of her own creation. David J. Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published May 7, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/05/06/Smith-Talk-Served-Contradictions-Misinformation-Gaslighting/