Alberta Premier Danielle Smith attends her Stampede pancake breakfast in Calgary, Alta., Monday, July 10, 2023. Smith says she believes every Canadian premier is frustrated with what she calls "federal interference" into provincial affairs. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
CALGARY – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she believes every Canadian premier is frustrated with what she calls “federal interference” into provincial affairs.
Smith is on her way to Winnipeg for a three-day meeting of provincial and territorial premiers.
She is also fresh off a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who was in Alberta on Friday for the Calgary Stampede.
Smith says the Trudeau government refuses to bend on its overall greenhouse emissions reduction targets and milestones, as well as its commitment to achieving a net-zero electricity grid by 2035.
Alberta has said Ottawa’s targets and time frames are unachievable, and has laid out its own plan for getting the energy-producing province to net-zero by 2050.
Smith says she is pleased that Saskatchewan has joined Alberta in pushing back against the federal targets, and says she thinks other provinces will begin to resist so-called “interference” by Ottawa.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 10, 2023.
