Alberta’s Smith vows to keep up fight against Ottawa despite pipeline pact
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The milestone deal with Ottawa signed earlier this week clears regulatory hurdles for a potential pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is vowing to keep up the fight against Ottawa as she admits many of her United Conservative Party members still need to be convinced that her recent pipeline pact is indeed a victory.
The milestone deal with Ottawa signed earlier this week clears regulatory hurdles for a potential pipeline to the West Coast.
When her party’s annual convention opened Friday, the premier was met with skepticism and, at one point, boos when she asked party supporters whether they felt more confident in Canada than before the pact with Prime Minister Mark Carney.
On Saturday, Smith encouraged some 4,500 party members to “take the win” and see the accord as a starting point, but she also vowed her government would “double down” on its battle with Ottawa.
“Alberta is winning and we will continue to win this battle for our freedom and provincial rights – because we are on the right side of history,” she said.
Smith, as an example of her willingness to fight, promised to introduce a motion in the legislature next week that, if passed, would see the province refuse to enforce or prosecute the federal gun buy back program.
The motion would come under Smith’s flagship Alberta Sovereignty Within A United Canada Act — a law that purports to allow the province to sidestep federal laws.
Smith said a motion would also stop municipalities and law enforcement from prosecuting Albertans defending their homes and families from intruders.
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