Alberta Sovereignty Act

Donald Trump's petro-masculinity is certainly getting political oxygen from Conservative leaders in Canada.

In addition to the province's economy, Alberta's ban on renewable project approvals is a setback for rural municipalities that need the estimated $28 million in tax revenue.

For over a year, Danielle Smith has been talking a big game about her "Alberta Sovereignty Act" and how it will put Ottawa in its place. As it turns out, that's all it ever was: talk.

Alberta has a well-honed sense of victimhood and a political culture that rewards those who indulge it, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Onion Lake Cree Nation has filed a lawsuit against the Alberta government saying its sovereignty act is an infringement on treaty rights. 

First Nations voiced concern the Alberta and Saskatchewan sovereignty acts could override their treaty relationships with the Crown, which remain federal obligations.

Smith says the changes being made to her sovereignty act reversing that authority simply reflect the normal process of honing and clarifying legislation.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith introduced on Tuesday, November 29, 2022, her signature bill called the Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act.

A federal Liberal cabinet minister from Alberta says he's extremely concerned that Premier Danielle Smith is moving forward with her proposed sovereignty act, which he sees as an attack on Canadian unity.

Premier Danielle Smith, with Alberta enjoying billions of dollars in surplus cash, announced on Tuesday, November 22, 2022, a batch of inflation-fighting relief aid, particularly for families, seniors and the vulnerable. 

Premier Danielle Smith is scheduled to deliver a televised address to Albertans this evening.

This is the problem with playing stupid games: sometimes, you end up winning a really stupid prize. Columnist Max Fawcett weighs in.

The Alberta Sovereignty Act, after all, is apparently modelled on the strategy used by Quebec’s separatists, which cost that province billions of dollars in lost jobs and investment and turned Toronto into the financial and economic capital of Canada, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Premier Jason Kenney says his party was founded on a strong Alberta within Confederation and he won’t sit idly by while one of the candidates vying to replace him pitches a "risky, dangerous, half-baked" and "banana republic" plan for more provincial independence.