Bell: Danielle Smith warns Carney — 'stop foot-dragging' and kill anti-oil policies 'So far I'm not seeing anything to suggest there's been a true change of heart,' says Premier Danielle Smith, of Prime Minister Mark Carney and his Liberal government
'So far I'm not seeing anything to suggest there's been a true change of heart,' says Premier Danielle Smith, of Prime Minister Mark Carney and his Liberal government
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Danielle Smith, Alberta’s premier, says it is Go Time for Mark Carney, Canada’s prime minister.
Carney is rolling out his plans this coming Tuesday. Smith will be watching.
“Enough with the foot-dragging. Enough with trying to maintain the same failed policies of the last 10 years. Let’s get going,” says Smith.
“Look. I was told to give this guy a chance. I’m giving him a chance. Now I’m telling him: Don’t blow it.”
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You can hear the urgency in Smith’s voice.
Carney goes on about fast-tracking projects but then doesn’t commit to getting rid of the Liberal policies sending investment in the opposite direction.
Carney, wake up.
Scrap the Liberal No More Pipelines Law, the Liberal cap on oil and gas emissions, the Liberal net-zero electricity regulations and the tanker ban off the west coast.
That’s just some of the items on Smith’s list but the premier says Carney has been non-committal. He also has not talked up a pipeline to Prince Rupert, B.C., with oil bound for Asia.
“So far I’m not seeing anything to suggest there’s been a true change of heart,” says Smith.
Yes, it is either the old Liberal playbook or Carney will choose to do what it takes to make Canada an........
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