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 like they are working collaboratively with us — then they come out with exactly same policy they put forward a year ago, with no changes whatsoever and then trying to mislead the public about the true intent.”
The Alberta premier said the cap violates Canada’s constitution, explaining Section 92A gives provinces exclusive jurisdiction over non-renewable natural resource development, “yet this cap will require a one million barrel a day production cut by 2030.”
Smith called the policy a “deranged vendetta” against the oil-and-gas producing province by federal Environment Minister Stephen Guilbeault.
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Smith took a shot at the federal Liberals …