A bill proposes to give Premier Danielle Smith and her Cabinet extraordinary powers. It's unconstitutional and it's a mess. But no matter what happens, Smith wins—for now.
Mocking Smith and the UCP's corruption and glaring incompetence over the next 6 months is a more likely way to defeat this bill than legal challenges. This is the ground she wishes to fight on. She has calculated that the frog boiling economic consequences will not be felt for years so can be played off as hysteria.
The most frustrating part for me is the time and money it will inevitably waste on court proceedings. And if it ever happens, wouldn't they have to negotiate new treaties with First Nations for territorial rights?
How would this affect interprovincial relations, if at all (asking from BC)? For example, could Queen Dannielle decide to forgo any environmental review on a project affecting BC and leave BC to fight it out in the courts?
Mocking Smith and the UCP's corruption and glaring incompetence over the next 6 months is a more likely way to defeat this bill than legal challenges. This is the ground she wishes to fight on. She has calculated that the frog boiling economic consequences will not be felt for years so can be played off as hysteria.
I suspect there will be lots of that!
Where is Mayor Nenshi when we need an Albertan to remind their provincial government to kindly stop making the province a laughing stock?
The most frustrating part for me is the time and money it will inevitably waste on court proceedings. And if it ever happens, wouldn't they have to negotiate new treaties with First Nations for territorial rights?
It'll be a massive waste of time and money, at least.
How would this affect interprovincial relations, if at all (asking from BC)? For example, could Queen Dannielle decide to forgo any environmental review on a project affecting BC and leave BC to fight it out in the courts?