Fri Sep 29, 2023 – 3:32 pm EDT
CALGARY, Alberta (LifeSiteNews) — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has announced that she is preparing to use her province’s Sovereignty Act to fight Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s forthcoming Clean Electricity Regulations.
On September 28, Smith told reporters that she is in the process of drafting a motion to use the Sovereignty Act to combat the Trudeau government pushing a carbon net-zero electricity grid by 2030 despite the detrimental effect experts warn it would have on the province.
“We’re preparing a Sovereignty Act motion, and I’m hoping we don’t have to use it,” Smith reiterated on Thursday.
It’s time for Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau to really listen to what Canadians are saying…
Paying 4x the price for electricity or suffering blackouts in the middle of the winter is NOT an option for our families and businesses.
You can take action right now!
Head to… pic.twitter.com/u9JFlwpBNR
— Danielle Smith (@ABDanielleSmith) September 28, 2023
“We are going to defend our constitutional jurisdiction to make sure that we develop our oil and gas industry at our own pace,” she added.
Passed in December 2022, the Sovereignty Act gives Alberta a framework in which it
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