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Calgary Herald
12 hours ago
- Business
- Calgary Herald
Bell: 'Enough is enough' — Premiers Smith, Moe all in for Carney's Bill C-5
On this one, she is with Carney. 'Being on Team Canada means these projects have to go ahead. We just can't keep saying No.' But what about Smith pushing Carney to go ahead and get rid of what the Alberta premier calls the Nine Bad Laws. Both Smith and Moe agree the laws are bad. Smith concedes Carney's plan for fast-tracking certain hand-picked nation-building projects is 'a necessary condition to jumpstart the investment in our country but it's not going to be sufficient.' The premier also does figure it would have been pretty easy for Carney to deep-six a couple of bad laws. He didn't. Smith says her government's negotiators will go through each bad law one by one by one over the summer with Carney's people. Premier Moe adds how unwinding the Liberal bad stuff will take some time. He's looking at the fall to see that shoe drop. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe speaks to media following a talk hosted by Enserva alongside Alberta Premier Danielle Smith in Calgary on Monday, June 16, 2025. Brent Calver/Postmedia At the request of some readers, here are some on the bad law list. Stick it up on your fridge. The No More Pipeline law needs to go or be severely rewritten. The tanker ban off the B.C. coast needs to be lifted. The cap on oil and gas emissions must be tossed. The net-zero power regulations need to be punted. The mandate to only have electric vehicles on the new car lot in 10 years must be abandoned. End the designation of plastics as toxic. That gives you the flavour. As for Carney's nation-building projects law, Bill C-5? The Bloc, the NDP, the one Green MP and one Liberal MP want to slow down the prime minister's lightning-fast plans. Ditto for some Indigenous leaders and some talking heads, including some who say they are conservative. The Conservatives are expected to vote with Carney. Earlier this month, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Carney should just get rid of bad laws holding up projects instead of the government picking winners and losers. 'If you have a wall that's blocking everybody from getting where they need to go why would you say that only a certain group of people are allowed to go around the wall and the rest must stand there facing the wall. Why not knock down the wall?' asked Poilievre. But the deep thinkers in Ottawa say the Conservatives will play ball with Carney. Earlier in the week, Smith said when Carney talks about Canada being an energy superpower and Canada needing corridors to transport goods he talks about oil and gas or … er … conventional energy. The premier sees a signal Carney is serious even if it ruffles some Liberal feathers. 'He's doing that on purpose. I'm pleased he's using some political capital.'
Calgary Herald
2 days ago
- Business
- Calgary Herald
Bell: Smith ally Premier Scott Moe says he won't kiss Quebec's butt for a pipeline
Article content Mic drop. Article content Applause. Cheers. A yahoo. Article content She hits a nerve. Who benefits the most from equalization? All together now. Quebec. Article content 'Let's talk about equalization,' says Moe. The crowd laughs again. Article content Article content In fact, Smith speaks again about the Liberals and their Nine Bad Laws and how some must be rewritten and some must be deep-sixed. Article content Both Smith and Moe speak about how Carney sounds a whole lot different than former prime minister Justin Trudeau. Article content On Monday at the G7 meeting in Kananaskis, it is clear Trump does not despise Carney the way he despised Trudeau. Article content Trump and Carney are working on a trade and security deal. Article content Speaking of deals, Smith calls the Nine Bad Laws investment killers. Article content The Alberta premier repeats her demands. Article content If you want to produce more oil and gas you can't do it with that cap. Article content Article content An end to the tanker ban off the west coast. Article content Article content Smith also goes after plastics being declared toxic. Article content 'I think the federal government only did that because Trudeau wanted to announce a ban on plastic straws.' Article content The premier calls it 'bizarre.' Article content Moe thinks there is 'a path forward for a new prime minister within the same government to actually have a realistic look at all those policies.' Article content 'How can we adjust things so we can attract reasonable investment into all of our energy-producing industries?' Article content The Saskatchewan premier is talking uranium, critical minerals, and yes, oil and gas. Article content Smith likes Moe's talk about using the Manitoba port of Churchill and going up to an Arctic port in Nunavut. Article content She and Moe talk about a corridor. Rail lines, electricity transmission lines, roads. The two premiers are thinking big. Article content Smith says she will work with Carney — at least for now. Article content
