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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith did not mince words over Ottawa’s new greenhouse gas emissions cap announced Monday. “I’m pissed — I’m absolutely angry,” Smith said at a news conference. “We’ve been working with these guys for two years because we have a plan that would reduce emissions responsibly by 2050 and they continue to act…
By Lisa Johnson The Canadian Press Posted October 30, 2024 2:10 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The federal government says Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s application for a judicial review of Ottawa’s carbon levy is nothing more than political posturing. Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault and Justice Minister Arif Virani…
By Lisa Johnson The Canadian Press Posted October 25, 2024 5:44 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government is set to start its fall sitting with a focus on bills that the Opposition NDP says are aimed at catering to “fringe” elements of Smith’s United…
The federal government says Alberta is one of three provinces that have yet to formally respond to a letter offering new assistance on issues relating to homelessness and homeless encampments, a claim Alberta’s housing minister suggests is inaccurate. In a statement issued Tuesday, federal Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Minister Sean Fraser said his government will…
The Alberta government says long-term care and supportive living programs will no longer be under the purview of the provincial health ministry. Instead, Seniors and Social Services Minister Jason Nixon will be responsible for continuing care programs across Alberta. The change comes as part of the provincial government’s health-care system overhaul that is seeing Alberta…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada’s economic productivity crisis can only be solved if the federal and provincial governments come together to address issues like major project approvals and inter-provincial trade barriers, Alberta’s premier said Wednesday. Danielle Smith made the remarks in Calgary at a national conference on productivity, a term which…
The Alberta government is proposing additional restrictions on wind and solar farms that conservationists think are more about limiting renewable energy than protecting the environment. Last year the Alberta government imposed a seven-month moratorium on new renewable energy projects, after which Premier Danielle Smith announced her government would be taking an “agriculture first” approach to…
Alberta’s United Conservative Party members will soon debate 35 policy resolutions that include banning transgender people from women’s washrooms, prohibiting non-binary gender identifiers on government documents, and ensuring trans medical treatments are not publicly funded. The party’s annual general meeting begins Nov. 1 in Red Deer, where Premier Danielle Smith’s leadership will also be up…
