Thu Aug 17, 2023 – 5:29 pm EDT
CALGARY, Alberta (LifeSiteNews) –– Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has once again vowed her province will not comply with nor enact Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s new Clean Electricity Regulations, promising to disobey any such rules should they come into force.
“If they become the law of the land, they would crush Albertans’ finances, and they would also cause dramatic increases in electricity bills for families and businesses across Canada,” said Smith at a press conference Monday.
Smith said that “Alberta will not go along with it [the Clean Electricity Regulations],” adding, “We will never allow these regulations to be implemented here, full stop.”
“If it comes down to it, we are going to do our own thing. We have to,” she emphasized.
Smith made clear that she is open to negotiation with the federal government but reaffirmed that it also needs to come to the table with realistic goals regarding so-called “net-zero” power generation.
“So let me be clear, any plan that makes electricity more expensive and less reliable is a bad plan and the Clean Electricity Regulations are an exceptionally bad, poorly thought out and illogical plan,” she
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