Tue Dec 13, 2022 – 4:23 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — After saying his federal government will “work” with Alberta and its new Sovereignty Act, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau now says the act is a political “tool” being used to pick a “fight” with his government.
“The Sovereignty Act and Alberta is being moved forward as very much a political tool to try and pick a fight with the federal government,” said Trudeau to the Assembly of First Nations last Thursday, adding that he is not interested in “fighting with the Alberta government.”
Trudeau’s statement seems to be at odds with an earlier statement he made in which he vowed to “work as constructively as possible with Alberta,” but seems to be in line with an even earlier statement in which he threatened to take action against the province over the act, saying that all options remain “on the table.”
Despite left-wing critics and the mainstream media characterizing the measure as extreme, Premier Danielle Smith’s now-passed Sovereignty Act – known formally as Bill 1: Alberta Sovereignty within a United Canada Act – merely allows the province to defend itself from federal government overreach.
Specifically, the Sovereignty Act
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