Alberta premier hints at legal action against Trudeau's EV targets, pushes hydrogen

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her province is prepared to fight the federal government’s new electric vehicle regulations in court if she needs to, suggesting hydrogen-powered vehicles are a better solution to reduce emissions.

In an interview with BNN Bloomberg on Thursday, Smith said she has already "got eight legal actions lined up against the federal government" to stop it from imposing laws in her province, and as premier she is willing to bring another court challenge over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's electric vehicle (EV) targets.

“We want to achieve dramatic emissions reductions, but we want to do so in a way that manages to maintain the reliability of our power grid and keeps life affordable for everyday Albertans and Canadians," Smith said in the television interview.

"Unfortunately, that's not what the federal government's doing. If it takes us pushing back against them, we're prepared to do it."