I’m not sure how widely reported this has been, but apparently #DanielleSmith’s latest gambit in her war with Ottawa to protect the #Oiligarchy’s #FossilFuel profits is to hide behind her freshly-minted You Cant Make Me Act, claim exclusive ownership over the province's emissions data and simply refuse to hand it over.

If nothing else, this will ensure a lengthy and costly court battle that will grant her #OilAndGas masters more time to continue #BusinessAsUsual.

#FossilFools #ABPoli #CDNPoli #ClimateCrisis #SovereigntyAct

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/sovereignty-act-emissions-cap-danielle-smith-alberta-analysis-1.7397638

As is well known, Alberta Premier Smith’s #SovereigntyAct has been shown to be a meaningless joke.

And yet, a 2.0 is impending from the UCP government in order to fight Ottawa's proposed emissions regulations.

David Climenhaga writes. #AbPoli

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/12/07/Danielle-Smith-Furious-Ottawa-Oil-Gas-Emissions-Regulations/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Alberta invokes #SovereigntyAct, sets groundwork for Crown corporation to be 'generator of last resort' - Edmonton Journal https://apple.news/AhvGX20YoTIiS4SMZRaubBg “but especially here in #Alberta, .. it declares to the world that we just don’t care about tackling #ClimateChange.”

Smith invokes sovereignty act on green electricity, concedes it’s for symbolic effect

https://libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-8265-6533-f3cc-ff0901070473

Alberta premier Danielle Smith will be sitting down to chat with fellow conspiracy theorist and misinformation wing nut Tucker Carlson early in 2024. Although Carlson is too extreme for Fox News, he is just the right level of extreme for the #Alberta premier--the same premier who is currently holding the rest of the country hostage with her #SovereigntyAct and proposal to strip the #CPP of more than half its value.

#cdnpoli #abpoli

https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/tucker-carlson-calgary-danielle-smith

2022 in #Alberta was a challenging year. #freedomconvoy #couttsblockade #conspiracytheories #pandemic #covid #LongCovid #abpoli #ableg #daniellesmith #SovereigntyAct #inflation #UCPleadership #NDPRhetoric #DivisivePolitics #dansplaining and so on.

Here’s to hoping 2023 will leave much of this in the rear view and the path forward is more reasoned and #centrist. We have work to do so let’s have at ‘er. #GeneralElection #albertaparty2023 #centreicecanadians @Cal_Var_ABParty #RadicalCentrist

Alberta made international news--but not in a good way.

Why investors, talent, and industries are wary of a chaotic, unstable province bent on "sovereignty."

https://nyti.ms/3voe0bP

“The Alberta Sovereignty Act is utterly repugnant to the letter and spirit of the Treaty.”

Onion Lake Cree Nation is taking legal action against the Alberta Sovereignty Act.

In a news conference on Dec. 19 at the River Cree Resort Monday, Okimaw Henry Lewis announced that the Nation had filed a statement of claim in the Alberta Court of King’s Bench in Edmonton that morning.

https://windspeaker.com/news/windspeaker-news/onion-lake-cree-nation-challenges-alberta-sovereignty-act-court

Onion Lake Cree Nation suing Alberta government over sovereignty act

The nation is seeking a declaration from the Court of King's Bench that the act unjustifiably infringes on treaty rights and is of no force and effect. https://www.albertaprimetimes.com/edmonton-news/onion-lake-cree-nation-suing-alberta-government-over-sovereignty-act-6272351 #abpoli #indigenous #SovereigntyAct #lawsuit

Alberta has 'no legal authority' in federal Firearms Act: Legal expert

#Alberta's announcement on the #FirearmsAct is sparking concern. The province said starting Jan. 1, 2023, Alberta Crown prosecutors will determine whether or not to pursue charges against people who own some prohibited guns. But one expert says it's not that simple.

#abpoli #ableg #SovereigntyAct

https://globalnews.ca/video/9355839/alberta-has-no-legal-authority-in-federal-firearms-act-legal-expert/

"#Alberta wraps up fall legislature sitting dominated by controversial #SovereigntyAct

Alberta’s Opposition #NDP says the first sitting under Premier #DanielleSmith was a short, chaotic mess with the passage of a sovereignty act that dooms the province to confusion over who follows which laws."

#abpoli #ableg

https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/alberta-wraps-up-fall-legislature-sitting-dominated-by-controversial-sovereignty-act-1.6198415

"#DanielleSmith stumbled into a fight with Treaty chiefs. Then, she made it worse.

In her rush to introduce and pass Alberta’s #SovereigntyAct, Smith has infuriated chiefs in #Alberta, who see the legislation as an attack on their #TreatyRights."

#abpoli #cdnpoli #ableg

https://www.thestar.com/politics/political-opinion/2022/12/15/danielle-smith-stumbled-into-a-fight-with-treaty-chiefs-then-she-made-it-worse.html?source=newsletter&utm_source=ts_nl&utm_medium=email&utm_email=6A2F885639963E0F2B8C118F8F58D481&utm_campaign=frst_158773

Alberta wraps up fall legislature sitting dominated by controversial sovereignty act

“People had virtually no opportunity to consider how they had changed the bill in response to all of the criticisms,” Gray said at a news conference Friday.

“Danielle Smith, upon hearing all of the criticisms, just shut down debate and ran away.”

Globalnews.ca https://globalnews.ca/news/9355117/alberta-fall-legislature-sovereignty-act/ #abpoli #SovereigntyAct #Dumb&Done #gone #christmas

From Dani Paradis (APTN News) ““Statement from the Chiefs of Treaty Six First Nation regarding the Sovereignty Act receiving Royal acescent: We are not surprised, however beyond disappointed. Colonial systems continue their main goal of silencing our People and ignoring our rights. “ 1/2
#SovereigntyAct
#DaniParadis
#NativeMastodon
#Indigenous
#AlbertaSoverigntyAct
#IndigenousMastodon

‘Premier Smith does not understand our Treaty or our inherent rights nor does she respect them’ – Treaty 6 chiefs

"The chiefs of the #AlbertaFirstNations of the #Treaty6 Confederacy are deeply concerned by the implications of #UCP’s sovereignty agenda and have urged the #DanielleSmith Government “to withdraw and reconsider any legislation that pretends jurisdiction over Treaty Lands and Peoples,” as does the #SovereigntyAct."

#cdnpoli #abpoli

https://albertapolitics.ca/2022/12/premier-smith-does-not-understand-our-treaty-or-our-inherent-rights-nor-does-she-respect-them-treaty-6-chiefs/

'#Alberta #FirstNations chiefs call on Lt.-Gov. to withhold royal assent on sovereignty act'

"Indigenous leaders are turning to #Alberta’s lieutenant-governor to reject the province’s controversial #SovereigntyAct as senior government sources speak out over the #UCP’s handling of the file."

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/sovereignty-act-continues-to-take-heat-from-alberta-indigenous-communities #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

Senior staffers also speaking out against AB Sovereignty Act

"A separate senior government source, also speaking on the condition of anonymity, corroborated those claims, adding there was no Indigenous stakeholder engagement plan during the development of Bill 1.

The Indigenous Relations staffer said it appeared Smith was sloughing off the issue and expecting it to blow over.

“It’s not — this is a serious issue.”
https://bit.ly/3hfZUpR #cdnpoli #ableg #yyc #yeg #SovereigntyAct #Democracy

What happened over the last 7 days in Alberta politics simply takes your breath away.

What Just Happened? | Susan on the Soapbox https://susanonthesoapbox.com/2022/12/11/what-just-happened/ #abpoli #Bill-1 #SovereigntyAct #unconstitutional