Alberta Politics & Government Thread 3.0

[Torture]

TIL that Energy companies are censored by the Federal Government.

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by Torture

TIL that Energy companies are censored by the Federal Government.

They are now required to support their claims. With facts. TOTALLY UNFAIR!

[Harry Lime]

That she tried to sneak in the provinces taking control of the industrial carbon tax is pretty telling. That was put in by Stelmach and harper to make sure that there was a control on the consumers being responsible for regulatory increases.

If alberta repealed that, it would be worse than if they just kept the consumer carbon tax. It only helps the corporations and the people getting kickbacks.

[Looch City]

Originally Posted by Torture

TIL that Energy companies are censored by the Federal Government.

Yeah lol wtf is that about. They have to report the ACTUAL emissions and not fudge numbers?

Oh the horror!

[WideReceiver]

Interesting take on the damage caused by a separation movement.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1902971173253881919

[puffnstuff]

Originally Posted by Looch City

Yeah lol wtf is that about. They have to report the ACTUAL emissions and not fudge numbers?

Oh the horror!

Weird thing, just a couple days ago busboobs was touting the reductions in emissions that industry has made. Makes a person wonder what set of numbers it was she was talking about.

[puffnstuff]

Health Minister Adriana LaGrange dismissed the AHS board the same day the organization was scheduled to receive a report examining whether some of its
contracts were subject to "improper activity," according to docs.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/cana...investigation/

Probably behind a pay wall..but this is new info.
They sure seem to like firing the folks that try to hold them accountable

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by WideReceiver

Interesting take on the damage caused by a separation movement.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1902971173253881919

I mean great try by that guy, but you can't use logic to change people's opinions if they didn't use logic to form their opinions.

[Faust]

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[GranteedEV]

Originally Posted by Drak

What has Smith been promised by Trump and Putin to sell us out? Must be pretty big.

It's the Wizard of Oz (or Wicked if anyone watched that last year) where

Musk owns Neuralink and can give cybernetic organs.

Danielle Smith is the Tin Man looking for a heart
Trump is the Scarecrow looking for a brain
JD Vance is the Lion looking for courage
Canadians are Dorothy looking for a return to home
AoC is the Good Witch who acco.ploshes nothing
Putin is the big green hologram projection of the Wizard of Oz
The Constitution is the dead "Wicked Witch"

[Cappy]

I've never disagreed with an Alberta Premier more than this lady. She is beyond brutal.

Let's hope the people in Alberta wake up, stop buying her slop, and start noticing how much more aligned their interests are with a Nenshi led NDP.

I never thought i would say this, but the ANDP can count on my volunteer efforts next election.

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

https://bsky.app/profile/robsonfletc.../3lktdmr7xo22w


Getting a little big for your britches there, Danielle. ####in' premiers. You elect them once and they think they run the country. You want to be PM? Go run for it(please don't though). Until then, stay in your lane.

If I am Carney my next move is to put a tax on oil going to the States. Smith thinks she can make that call and has more power than the Federal government, she doesn't. Time to give her a reality slap. Alberta's oil is not just an Alberta resource, it's a Canadian resource above all, just like Ontario's electricity.

[The Yen Man]

Why does Smith always come off as such a CU next Tuesday? Was it really necessary to add the "at his request" in the front? Yet, if it's meeting a MAGA person, she's all fangirl and drooling over the opportunity.

[Fuzz]

Well that's easy. She comes off as a CU next Tuesday because she is a CU next Tuesday. "Does what it says on the tin" is the British expression.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

Health Minister Adriana LaGrange dismissed the AHS board the same day the organization was scheduled to receive a report examining whether some of its
contracts were subject to "improper activity," according to docs.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/cana...investigation/

Probably behind a pay wall..but this is new info.
They sure seem to like firing the folks that try to hold them accountable

So that would mean the report was done, right? Can we, uh, get that please? Seems like it would be very handy in sorting this out. Has Andre Tremblay seen it, since he is in charge of AHS?

[Cappy]

Originally Posted by The Yen Man

Why does Smith always come off as such a CU next Tuesday? Was it really necessary to add the "at his request" in the front? Yet, if it's meeting a MAGA person, she's all fangirl and drooling over the opportunity.

How much do you want to bet a 2 minute google search can produce results about Smith (or a UCP patsy) complaining how Justin Trudeau refused to meet with Smith at some point.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

If she really did demand those things, and threaten a national unity crisis if not fulfilled, i wouldn't blame him for not coming back.

[Jason14h]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

If I am Carney my next move is to put a tax on oil going to the States. Smith thinks she can make that call and has more power than the Federal government, she doesn't. Time to give her a reality slap. Alberta's oil is not just an Alberta resource, it's a Canadian resource above all, just like Ontario's electricity.

Wasn’t if Ford who slapped the tariff on electricity from Ontario ? Legitimately
Asking as I am not sure where provincial vs federal right starts and end in this case

Can Carney slap a tax on Alberta Oil exports ?

[dissentowner]

Originally Posted by Jason14h

Wasn’t if Ford who slapped the tariff on electricity from Ontario ? Legitimately
Asking as I am not sure where provincial vs federal right starts and end in this case

Can Carney slap a tax on Alberta Oil exports ?

So Ford was going to slap a tax on electricity, that is a provincial matter and he can do that. If Carney wants to slap a tax on Alberta Oil and Smith says no his hands are tied, taxes are provincial. However tariffs are a Federal matter, so if Carney slaps a 25% tariff on oil Smith can rage all she wants and he can smile and give her the bird. That's how I understand it by looking at the laws. So I should have used the word tariff, not tax.

[Leondros]

Originally Posted by dissentowner

If I am Carney my next move is to put a tax on oil going to the States. Smith thinks she can make that call and has more power than the Federal government, she doesn't. Time to give her a reality slap. Alberta's oil is not just an Alberta resource, it's a Canadian resource above all, just like Ontario's electricity.

You would be incorrect - Under the Canadian Constitution (specifically Section 92A of the Constitution Act, 1867, as amended in 1982), natural resources like oil and gas fall under provincial jurisdiction. This means Alberta owns and manages the oil within its borders — it controls licensing, royalties, and land access.

[Fuzz]

But if it is crossing an international border, does that not make it subject to Federal jurisdiction, laws, taxes, etc? It's still federally regulated.