.maxfawcett: Danielle Smith declares war on the rule of law
by 30 per cent is actually a proposed federal target for a 30 per cent reduction in fertilizer emissions by 2030 — one that will be supported by hundreds of millions of dollars in federal largesse.
When oil and gas royalties and revenues are at record highs, companies are awash in profits and Ottawa is funnelling billions of dollars in new subsidies their way, it’s going to be tough to sell anyone on the idea that this constitutes a “crisis” for Alberta, much less one that demands extraordinary new powers. But Smith seems determined to test just how far she can push the meaning of that word.
But this implicit bet on the hypocrisy of their own supporters is one that conservative politicians have been making, and collecting on, for a while now. They understand that the people who complain most loudly about freedom, democracy and the rule of the law can also be the ones most willing to look past the threats to them when they come from their own side of the partisan fence.
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