'Enough!': Danielle Smith Invokes Sovereignty Act to Shield Alberta from Trudeau's Clean Energy Regulations

Anthony Murdoch : Nov 28, 2023
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"They may be willing to expose Albertans to high costs, blackouts and brownouts, but we are not, and we will continue to ensure Albertans are protected from these destructive and unconstitutional federal policies." -Premier Danielle Smith

(Edmonton, Alberta) — [LifeSiteNews.com] Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has had "enough" of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's looming 2035 net zero energy law and "lawless federal government" and today invoked the Sovereignty Act to safeguard Albertans from future power blackouts due to government overreach. (Screengrab image)

"Enough! Today, Alberta said NO to Minister Stephen Guilbeault's 'Clean Energy Regulations.' Our province has jurisdictional rights afforded to us under the constitution," Smith said on X (formerly Twitter).

"The Supreme Court and Federal Court have already ruled on the matter. It's time for the Trudeau government to stop ignoring the rule of law and start acting like a national government, working collaboratively with the provinces."

Smith said that due to Trudeau's destructive environmental regulations, Alberta was left with "no choice but to create a shield to protect Albertans from Ottawa's dangerous and unconstitutional electricity regulations."

"We have tried to work with Ottawa to align their emissions-reduction efforts with our provincial plan to achieve a carbon-neutral power grid by 2050. Unfortunately, after months of meetings, they continue to reject this opportunity and remain committed to an absurdly unrealistic and unattainable goal of a net-zero power grid by 2035," Smith said Monday after introducing the first "Alberta Sovereignty within a United Canada Act" resolution motion in the provincial legislature.

"They may be willing to expose Albertans to high costs, blackouts and brownouts, but we are not, and we will continue to ensure Albertans are protected from these destructive and unconstitutional federal policies," she said.

Two recent court rulings dealt a serious blow to the Trudeau government's environmental activism via legislation. The most recent was the Federal Court of Canada on November 16 overturned the Trudeau government's ban on single-use plastic, calling it "unreasonable and unconstitutional"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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