Following her first meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney last Friday, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she wants to give Ottawa the benefit of the doubt.

Smith is giving a speech Monday afternoon at 3 p.m., when she says she will speak to Albertans on the province’s path forward with the federal government following a meeting with the Alberta government caucus.

On her Saturday morning radio show “Your Province, Your Premier,” Smith said she’s willing to give Ottawa a chance.

“People want me to give this relationship with the prime minister a chance to correct some of the issues that have festered for the last 10 years,” she said, “and I will go into those discussions in good faith.

“I had my first conversation with him yesterday,” she said. “I raised all of my nine points. He listened attentively. He did not dismiss out of hand or reject anything I said and for me, that’s a very positive first step.”

On her Saturday morning radio show “Your Province, Your Premier,” Smith said she’s willing to give Ottawa a chance.

“People want me to give this relationship with the prime minister a chance to correct some of the issues that have festered for the last 10 years,” she said, “and I will go into those discussions in good faith.

“I had my first conversation with him yesterday,” she said. “I raised all of my nine points. He listened attentively. He did not dismiss out of hand or reject anything I said and for me, that’s a very positive first step.”