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Bell: Danielle Smith's environment boss tells Carney to hurry up — the clock ticks
Carney instead of getting rid of bad laws hurting investment cooks up another law where a select number of so-called nation-building projects will be hand-picked to go around those bad laws.
By the way, Alberta wants a bitumen pipeline to the B.C. port of Prince Rupert.
Of course, the obvious question is asked by the Alberta government.
Why not, for starters, just get rid of the emissions cap on oil and gas and the net-zero power regulations and do a monster makeover of the No More Pipelines law so it becomes the More Pipelines law?
Carney allowing certain projects to work around bad laws shows they are bad laws.
Schulz circles back to Carney. The man sure talks a lot. Maybe he thinks his words somehow speak louder than actions.
'He's going to have to abandon these bad laws that stifle investment. Unfortunately we've seen a lot of lip service. It's time for the prime minister to be the prime minister. He needs to move fast. He needs to show Canadians and Albertans he's heard their concerns.' Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with reporters during a news conference in Ottawa, Wednesday, July 30, 2025. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
We are told to wait for the federal politicians to come back to Ottawa in the fall.
'But I would say we don't need Parliament to sit for Mark Carney to stand at a podium. He could do it tomorrow. He could stand at a podium and say: I've heard Albertans, I've heard Canadians. We are not moving forward with an oil and gas emissions cap.'
Come to think of it, why doesn't he stand at the podium and announce that decision? Headline writers are standing by.
Schulz has a few words for Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi who has accused the Smith government of picking fights and fuelling Alberta separatism.
Schulz believes Nenshi is not listening to Albertans and that's why he is 'tanking in the polls.'
Where do we go from here?
At the Alberta Next gatherings, Schulz says they hear a lot of support for Alberta having 'more sovereignty' within Canada and not having a federal government infringing on the province over and over again.
Schulz speaks of cautious optimism facing the future while knowing there is 'a real risk of a national unity crisis' if things don't turn out well.
'I'll be honest. Every day that goes by, that optimism starts to fade. The ball is in Carney's court.'
