Now that Rachel Notley has announced her resignation as leader of the Alberta NDP, expect her party to return to its traditional distant-second status.
Not as distant as it used to be, but not within sniffing distance of government again, either.
Rachel Notley has announced she is planning to step down as leader of Alberta’s Opposition NDP.
The former premier made the announcement to caucus in Edmonton on Tuesday, sources have confirmed to CBC News.
Notley’s announcement will trigger a leadership race.
The Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) issued a grid alert for power consumption on Friday.
The alert was issued at 4:16 p.m.
“The AESO issues a grid alert when the power system is under stress and we’re preparing to use emergency reserves to meet demand and maintain system reliability,” AESO wrote in an online statement.
Apparently AESO reported last evening that every wind turbine in Alberta shut itself down due to extreme cold – this is the alternative energy source we are supposed to count on? Wind and solar farms are a pathetic joke.
— Rick Parker 🦅 Alberta Freedom (@HappyintheWest) January 13, 2024
Three gigantic waves will roll over Alberta in 2024, political tsunamis that will disrupt our politics and help wash away the momentum for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s agenda of aggressive social change.
The first wave? For the first time in many years, fears about immigration will become a major issue even in welcoming Alberta.
The mass of new immigrants allowed in by the Trudeau Liberals is already a fierce preoccupation in Toronto, Trudeau’s former electoral stronghold. Folks there shudder and fret about the unprecedented number of newcomers competing for already scarce resources, such as apartments, homes and jobs.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith made it crystal clear that she intends to fight with “everything” at her disposal what she called an “unconstitutional” new federal government mandate that all new cars and trucks by 2035 be electric, which would in effect ban the sale of new gasoline- or diesel- only powered vehicles after that year.
According to a new survey by Pollara Strategic Insights, Alberta is Canada’s angriest province, Quebec the least.
In Pollara’s “Rage Index,” 63% of Albertans expressed their discontent with governments and the general state of affairs in the country and the world. In contrast, just 50% of Quebecers were dissatisfied. (For reference, 60% of Ontarians were angry, too.)
The Danielle Smith government intends to put its Sovereignty Act into action on Monday to shield Alberta power companies from the proposed federal clean electricity regulations, as CBC News first reported Friday.
The province will use the controversial law to introduce a resolution in the legislature that declares Ottawa’s plan to slash grid emissions an unconstitutional federal measure, and spell out ways the regulations would not be enforced in Alberta, according to sources familiar with the matter.
We’re getting closer but we’re not there yet.
The moment when enough is enough.
“I think the prime minister needs to listen a little bit more,” says Premier Danielle Smith, clearly not happy she isn’t making any headway with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as the province and the feds continue to talk.
Hours after the operators of the province’s power grid warned that new federal electricity regulations could lead to blackouts, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said her government is preparing for the possibility of enacting her signature legislation in an effort to push back against Ottawa’s planned emissions reductions.
“We’re preparing a Sovereignty Act motion, and I’m hoping we don’t have to use it. That’s why we’re at the table having these negotiations,” Smith said, referring to a recently formed Alberta-Ottawa working group focused on emissions reductions.
“All I know is in my province we have 650 fires and 500 of them were human caused, so we have to make sure that when people know that when it’s dry out there and we get into forest fire season, that they’re being a lot more careful because anytime you end up with an ignition that happens, it can have devastating consequences,” Smith said.
OTTAWA – Droughts in the West have so far prompted at least 13 districts in Alberta to declare agricultural disasters, but appeals to the federal Liberal government for assistance to the province’s farmers, livestock producers and ranchers are being ignored say local leaders.
On Wednesday, the Municipal District (MD) of Pincher Creek, tucked into the southwest corner of Alberta between the Crowsnest Pass and Fort Macleod, became the latest jurisdiction to declare a state of agricultural disaster.
When you’re listening to the federal government’s eco-propaganda on its new clean electricity plan (especially when you’re listening to their bumf on how the plan will save your family money), remember these are the very same politicians, activists and bureaucrats who told you the carbon tax would make your family money when rebates were included.
EDMONTON — The federal government’s newly released electricity regulations sparked criticism out of Alberta, a staunch critic of the Liberal government and one province that could be hard hit by the new targets.
“The draft federal 2035 net-zero power grid regulations are unconstitutional, irresponsible and do not align with Alberta’s emissions reduction and energy development plan that works towards a carbon-neutral power grid by 2050,” Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said in a statement Thursday.
The Alberta government has announced it will pause approvals of all wind and solar power projects that are greater than one megawatt.
“Alberta’s government is responding to concerns about electricity projects to ensure future growth is balanced with responsible development,” said a statement issued on Aug. 3.
The government said that the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) will pause approvals of new large renewable energy projects due to rural concerns until Feb. 29, 2024, and will review the policies and procedures in place for developing renewable electricity generation.
An Albertan court ruled on Tuesday that lockdown orders enacted in response to Covid were invalid.
The ruling in Ingram v. Alberta will likely force prosecutors to withdraw charges against individuals, churches, and other organizations in several other standing cases.
Justice Barbara Romaine ruled in favor of the applicants because the Chief Medical Officer of Health (CMOH) delegated her decisions to the cabinet, which she was not authorized to do under Canadian law. The CMOH herself testified at trial that she provided only advice and recommendations to politicians but did not make the decisions herself.
h/t DS
