Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Tuesday that the federal government’s so-called just transition plan is a “big threat” to the province’s oil and natural gas industry.
At a news conference, she said the language that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal government are using when they talk about just transition “is language that they used when they phased out the coal industry.”
“It’s a social justice term,” said Smith. “To use that terminology, they are virtue signalling to an extreme base that is openly advocating to shut down oil and natural gas.”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Sophie Trudeau board a government plane in Ottawa on Jan. 9, 2023. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
“When I hear the words ‘just transition,’ it signals eliminating jobs,” said Smith. “For Alberta, that’s a non-starter.”…