Will Danielle Smith find a use for the Sovereignty Act — fighting Trudeau’s oilsands plan?
use her Sovereignty Act to try to shield Alberta’s oilsands from federal emissions rules and a “just transition” plan?
This tension is part of a delicate line Smith is trying to walk with a provincial election approaching in which she’ll seek her first mandate from Alberta voters in May. The plan has angered Alberta politicians. Smith says indications are that it would see the forced phase-out of oil and gas jobs in Canada, while observers and the federal government say it’s simply a pathway for workers here to adapt to a world that’s changing.
The premier and her allies have been blasting the plan from the federal government after Federal Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson signalled its rollout was imminent. It comes as Ottawa is also expected to roll out the details around its proposed emissions-cap regulations for the oil and gas industry before year’s end.“It is a social justice term,” Smith told a news conference.
Kenney — who was ousted after failing to keep a divided United Conservative Party together over COVID-19 policy — tried to thread this needle for years. More libertarian-minded members of the party decided he’d gone too far with COVID restrictions and wasn’t tough enough on Ottawa, while progressives under the same tent were roiled at times over what they saw as an ineffective response to the pandemic.
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