Alberta NewsCarney comes to Alberta, talks housing, rides a sprayer, hears from separatistsCarney gets an earfulPrime Minister Mark Carney, centre, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith shakes hands with construction workers while making a housing announcement in Red Deer, Alta., Wednesday, July 29, 2026. Carney, with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith at his side, announced $510 million in federal funding for municipalities to build water and wastewater infrastructure to support new homes. "Strong communities start right here, they start with housing," Carney told reporters. Smith and Carney also touted shared projects, including on energy, hashed out over multiple recent meetings together or with other premiers and leaders. Carney climbed aboard a massive blue-coloured sprayer — a mister of nutrients and insecticides — with tires that matched him in height.