The act says Cabinet would be able to use existing powers in legislation or unilaterally amend any provincial laws it deems applicable — changes normally debated and passed in the legislature.
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Another goal of the act is to “shift the burden to the federal government to legally challenge Alberta’s refusal to enforce unconstitutional or harmful federal laws or policies instead of Alberta having to initiate legal challenges and waiting years for a decision,” the province said. The bill has been criticized by Kenney and even some of Smith’s leadership rivals — four of whom now sit in her cabinet — as a recipe for legal uncertainty, investment flight and the first step toward separation.‘We will not have our resources landlocked… by virtue signalling prime ministers’: Smith takes aim at Trudeau
“Ottawa is not our ruler. Ottawa is our partner and it needs to begin acting like it,” Lakhani told the assembled legislature members and dignitaries.Credit: Legislative Assembly of Alberta Kenney remains a backbench UCP legislature member. He was not in the chamber for the throne speech or the introduction of the bill.Federal Liberal cabinet minister concerned with Alberta premier’s proposed sovereignty act
“I grew up in the Lougheed era when I saw Premier Lougheed take swipes at the federal government over legitimate grievances that the province had. And the prime minister of the day worked it out with the premier of the day but inside the context of strong federation and a stronger Canada.“My appeal to the premier and to her ministers is: let’s work together,” Boissonnault said.
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