Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government’s $8.6-billion plan to fast-track building new schools will include a pilot project to incentivize private ones. Smith said the ultimate goal is to create thousands of new spaces for an exploding number of new students at a reduced cost to taxpayers. “We want to put all of the … Read more
Alberta was calling, both Canadians and immigrants answered and now the government is working to address the consequence of an unprecedented number of people moving to the Prairie province over the past year. In a televised address Tuesday night, Premier Danielle Smith said the Alberta government will be quadrupling the amount of capital money going … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 17, 2024 9:43 am Updated July 17, 2024 10:12 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada’s premiers are wrapping up the summer meeting of the Council of the Federation today. The premiers of the 10 provinces and three territories have been in … Read more
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has introduced a gatekeeping law that would allow the province to veto any future deal struck between municipalities and the federal government. Smith says recent unilateral federal housing grants to some Alberta cities were the final straw. Smith also says the bill, introduced in the house Wednesday, acts as a bulwark against Ottawa muscling … Read more
More than 400 Canadian artists from the worlds of music, film and literature are denouncing what they describe as “alarming and destructive” anti-trans legislation in an open letter released Sunday by music superstars Tegan and Sara. The list of stars who signed the letter includes actor Elliot Page, Great Big Sea frontman Alan Doyle, actress Elisha Cuthbert, folk music … Read more
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the upcoming federal carbon price increase is “inhumane.” “The carbon tax increase on natural gas is going up $4.09, which is more than double the base price of natural gas, which I believe is $1.72 a gigajoule. The so-called solution of the federal government is to increase the carbon tax … Read more
Four conservative premiers are expected to tell a House of Commons committee this week that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should ditch the planned increase in the federal carbon tax, set to take effect on Monday. Premiers Scott Moe, Danielle Smith, Blaine Higgs, and Tim Houston had all written letters to the chair of the House … Read more
After meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday, Premier Danielle Smith acknowledged to reporters that she told him she believes Alberta’s relationship with Ottawa could be “greatly improved” if he removed Steven Guilbeault from his position as Canada’s minister of environment and climate change. “I think he knows that Minister Guilbeault is not my … Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith are scheduled to meet in Calgary on Wednesday as pushback grows from provincial premiers to a planned carbon price increase. The federal backstop is set to rise from $65 a tonne to $80 a tonne on April 1. This means the fuel charge on gasoline will go … Read more
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith promised not to cut spending this year in a pre-budget speech on Wednesday but said the province still needs to show more restraint than previously expected. In a pre-budget, eight-minute paid prime time televised speech, Smith said lower resource revenues and the volatile price of oil and gas have prompted the … Read more
