Alberta's new premier puts Ottawa on 'notice', vowing to defend provincial control of oil and gas mpotkins
During her first news conference with reporters following her swearing-in Tuesday, Smith reiterated her campaign pledge to mount another legal challenge of the federal carbon tax — despite the Supreme Court of Canada
Smith made the comments just hours after Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe signalled that he is also prepared to battle Ottawa over natural resources, releasingdecrying the economic cost of federal climate policies and pledging to defend the Prairie province’s economic autonomy. Smith said Alberta will send a delegation alongside the federal team headed to next month’s COP27 conference in Egypt to talk about how Alberta’s oil and gas sector plans to deploy carbon capture and storage technology to reduce emissions. Smith said the province should be at the table to ensure decisions are not made that will cause Alberta’s energy sector to be “transitioned out.”
The study’s headline figure of $111 billion has already been challenged by some economists and academics who argue it fails to account for carbon tax rebates and overestimates the costs associated with Canada’s new clean fuel regulations.Article content
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