On Monday, Alberta tabled a bill that would invoke its Sovereignty Act for the first time, in response to the federal government’s proposed regulations to reduce emissions from electricity generation to net-zero.
Shortly after, Premier Danielle Smith appeared on CBC’s Power & Politics to discuss the move.
Host David Cochrane asked why her government was invoking the Sovereignty Act now while an Alberta-Ottawa working group was in the process of collaborating on the proposed Clean Electricity Regulations (CER), which are still in draft form.
“We had to draw a pretty firm line here,” Smith replied. “We just know that 2035 target is not achievable.”
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