Category: Alberta

Housing, the government negotiates with “rebel” Alberta

OTTAWA – Yet another “trouble” for Justin Trudeau’s government: the premier of Alberta, Danielle Smith, intends to adopt the Quebec model of federal-provincial relations when it comes to issues such as housing (so essentially, she wants greater freedom of action), and the federal housing minister, the liberal Sean Fraser, is forced to declare his willingness to “negotiate” with the (conservative) premier of Alberta. 

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith: “Renewable energies? In the frost they are not enough”

EDMONTON – Can you rely on renewable energy when temperatures drop this much? No, according to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. “Right now, wind is generating almost no power. When renewables are unreliable, as they are now, natural gas plants must increase capacity to keep Albertans safe,” she wrote on Friday on social media after the Province’s grid operator launched an appeal to consumers inviting them to save electricity to protect the system.

CORRIERE CANADESE / Autonomia pensioni: Freeland frena, cresce il pressing sulla Carbon Tax

TORONTO – Il governo federale frena sulle ambizioni dell’Alberta di ottenere l’autonomia previdenziale. È quanto emerso dal meeting virtuale tra il ministro federale delle Finanze Chrystia Freeland e le controparti provinciali, un incontro chiesto con urgenza dal ministro dell’Ontario Peter Bethlenfalvy nel quale è invece venuta da più parti la richiesta di estendere a tutte le Province le esenzioni sulla Carbon Tax… Read More in Corriere Canadese >>>