Premier Jason Kenney says the idea of advancing an Alberta Sovereignty Act to challenge contentious federal policies risks making the province a…
Kenney dismissed the proposal — a growing conservative talking point and key piece of United Conservative Party leadership candidate Danielle Smith’s campaign — as ‘nuts’ in response to a question on his weekly radio show Saturday.
“We’ve always been treated as if we should just be providing the revenue to the rest of the country and we should just shut up and take whatever policies they jam down our throat,” Smith said in a social media post last month.Article content Kenney said such a “flagrantly unlawful” bill would almost certainly not receive the lieutenant government’s approval or survive a court challenge should it pass in the legislature.
“We should be talking about real, practical ways to fight unfair policies, to fight for a stronger Alberta and that’s exactly what we’re doing,” Kenney said. “We need a new relationship with Ottawa so they know that we’ve had it, we’ve drawn a hard line and they’re not going to be able to push us around anymore.”Article content
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