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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is not just talking the talk, she’s preparing to walk the walk when it comes to facing off against Ottawa over energy.to resist federal plan if the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau does not compromise on its plans for oil and gas and electricity. The premier says she hopes it won’t get that far. She hopes talking with the feds will yield some give and take.
“But we are going to defend our constitutional jurisdiction to make sure we develop our oil and gas industry at our own pace and we develop our electricity system so that it achieves the goal of reliability and affordability.”Advertisement 3After all, the province is butting heads with the Trudeau government over plans for a 42-per-cent emissions reduction on oil and natural gas by 2030.Smith says both of these federal brainwaves are not on for Alberta.The Alberta government is not going there.