Resolutions on coal, flags and more up for debate at Alberta UCP annual meeting
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The pitches, another being to make temporary residents pay for health care, were released recently by the party.
Reintroducing coal-powered electricity to Alberta’s grid and restricting which flags are flown on public property are among dozens of new policy proposals being brought forward by grassroots members of Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party.
The pitches, another being to make temporary residents pay for health care, were released recently by the party.
They are to be debated and voted on at month’s end at the party’s annual general meeting in Edmonton.
Smith’s government isn’t bound by the results, but one political watcher says the premier’s job security could depend on her moving forward with at least a few of the 35 proposals.
Energy is a hot policy topic this year, including a proposal to have Alberta ditch any strategy, agreement or regulation that moves the province closer to achieving net-zero emissions.
Another wants Alberta to bring back coal-powered electricity — something that was officially phased out just over a year ago. The last coal-fired power plant in the province switched to natural gas in 2024.
That resolution, put forward by the Taber-Warner constituency association, claims Canadian-mined coal is “clean” and that the phaseout just meant it’s being shipped overseas rather than used at home.
“It was a mistake to cut clean coal as it is the most affordable form of energy,” reads the argument submitted by the constituency association, which didn’t respond to an interview request.
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