Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said at the UCP convention’s opening night on Nov. 28 that her recently signed pipeline agreement with Ottawa is a “clear win” for the province, and that her government is taking additional steps to assert provincial autonomy.
According to party estimates, more than 4,200 members registered for this year’s annual general meeting (AGM) in Edmonton, where delegates will debate governance and policy resolutions, elect a new UCP board, and engage with government representatives.
Smith’s remarks on the deal with Ottawa came in response to an attendee’s question about whether Alberta was being short-changed in the deal, given that the province must raise its industrial carbon tax and adopt a major carbon capture project before a pipeline to British Columbia’s northwest coast could be a possibility….