Trudeau says economic issues more pressing than Alberta’s sovereignty act – By Darren Major (CBC News) / Nov 29, 2022
One federal minister called the proposed legislation an ‘attack on national unity’
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will remain focused on jobs and the cost of living for Albertans as the province prepares to table controversial legislation one federal minister called a threat to national unity.
The Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act — which is expected to be tabled later today in the Alberta legislature — was a centrepiece of Premier Danielle Smith’s campaign for the leadership of the governing United Conservative Party this fall.
Few details about the actual substance of the bill have been released but Smith has said in the past that it would allow Alberta to refuse to follow any federal laws it believes run counter to the province’s best interests.
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