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Originally Posted by BoLevi
My response was to the claim that the federal gov't can levy taxes on Alberta oil exports. If they tried, then that would immediately initiate a constitutional crisis, as that is within Smith's power to do.
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Sorry, but how does Premier Smith have the power to unilaterally initiate a "constitutional crisis"? I mean, she could challenge the constitutionality of legislation passed by the federal government to prohibit or limit the export of energy products to the United States, but that's just an application to court, not a "crisis". Also, I'm far from an expert in constitutional law, but the Constitution Act, 1867 seems to clearly give the federal government the authority to regulate the international and interprovincial trade of energy and energy products. Doesn't seem like much of a crisis to me?