Thu Jan 19, 2023 – 5:58 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — Alberta premier Danielle Smith spared no words in telling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to “back off” on his government’s new “just transition” green energy plan, which if enacted could potentially eliminate millions of jobs in the nation’s oil and gas sector.
“The fact he keeps coming at us this way is unacceptable,” Smith told Calgary Sun columnist Rick Bell earlier this week. “It’s going to lead to a clash, it’s going to lead to major division in our country.”
Without mincing her words, Smith accused Trudeau of carelessly playing with the lives of thousands of Albertans, saying the prime minister needs to “back off” or risk “further division” in the country.
“He has to own that [he causes division] and he needs to stop doing it,” charged Smith.
Smith’s comments are in a reference to an announcement made two weeks ago by Trudeau’s Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, who informed citizens the federal government will be moving ahead with what it calls “just transition” legislation.
The so-called “just transition” legislation will be designed to coerce workers in the oil and gas sector to transition into “green” jobs.
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