Mon Jun 19, 2023 – 8:39 pm EDTMon Jun 19, 2023 – 8:41 pm EDT
CALGARY, Alberta (LifeSiteNews) –– Shortly after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s federal government introduced its controversial “Just Transition” climate bill, Alberta’s premier slammed the proposed legislation, vowing to protect her province from harm.
On June 15, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith condemned the Trudeau government’s “Sustainable Jobs Act” – which was introduced into Parliament that same day – reaffirming her past promise to defend her “province’s constitutional jurisdiction” over its “natural resources” and “energy workforce.”
“To be clear,” Smith began, “If this new advisory council provides the federal government with recommendations that are inconsistent with Alberta’s Emissions Reduction and Energy Development Plan or otherwise interferes with our province’s constitutional jurisdiction over the development of our natural resources and regulation of our energy workforce, Alberta will not recognize the legitimacy of those recommendations in any manner.”
The Sustainable Jobs Act is just one piece of the Trudeau government’s larger “Just Transition” environmental regulations plan, which has the terminal goal of banning the use of coal and gas-fired power after the year 2035.
“I remind the federal government that due to emissions reduction technologies, oil
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