Alberta premier condemns federal environment minister's emissions cap comments
CTV
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is blasting federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault over comments he made about capping emissions.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is blasting federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault over comments he made about capping emissions.
Guilbeault had said because Alberta company Suncor wants to focus more on oil and gas production, it furthers the case for a federal emissions cap.
Smith says Guilbeault's comments provocatively attack Alberta's energy sector, which she says is environmentally responsible and ethical.
Guilbeault intends to publish draft regulations this fall to cap emissions from oil and gas production, and then force them downward overtime.
Smith says Alberta won't implement the emissions cap, nor will it follow Ottawa's target to have the electricity grid be net-zero by 2035.
The premier says Alberta doesn't deserve comments that destabilize investment.
"Ottawa has no constitutional authority to regulate in these areas of exclusive provincial jurisdiction," she said in a statement Wednesday.
