UCP leadership candidate Danielle Smith says its time for the party to unite and say no to the World Economic Fourm (WEF) and Justin Trudeau's agenda..On Wednesday in a email, Smith said: "In politics, negative attacks are still an unfortunate part of the process. I usually just tune them out."."However, I did have to do a bit of a double take on the latest attack by my friends, Travis Toews and Brian Jean, who accused me of endorsing … wait for it … Justin Trudeau’s radical green agenda," Smith said.."Now, that’s a new one I haven’t heard before! Until yesterday I was accused of being too tough on Ottawa … what changed gentlemen?"."Obviously, their accusation is absurd on many levels, but I thought this might be a good opportunity to share my thoughts with you on the dangers of Justin Trudeau’s WEF-inspired radical climate agenda, and why we need to tackle environmental issues in a much different way — the Alberta way," Smith said.."First off, the WEF is an anti-democratic group of woke elites that advocate for dangerous socialist policies that cause high inflation, food shortages and a lack of affordable energy, which in turn leads to mass poverty, especially in the developing world."."There is no question what their agenda is: they want to shut down our energy and agriculture industries as fast as they can," Smith said.."We need to join with allies, like Scott Moe in Saskatchewan, and stand up for our farmers and our provincial rights.".Smith said: "Justin Trudeau openly adopted the WEF agenda and instituted a wealth of policies meant to drive up the cost of energy and food production so he can meet arbitrary and aggressive WEF CO2 emissions targets."."Let me be perfectly clear. As premier, no individual in my government or provincial agency will be permitted to associate with the WEF in any manner," Smith said.."Secondly, WEF inspired policies imposed upon us by Ottawa will not be enforced by any provincial agency under authority of the Alberta Sovereignty Act.".According to Smith, the fact is the federal carbon tax — the recent announcement of a 30% reduction in fertilizer use by farmers — and the proposed arbitrary emissions cap on our energy sector are "scams that do nothing to improve the environment."."You don't improve the environment or reduce emissions by destroying livelihoods and causing food shortages," Smith said.."We can, however, lower emissions and pollutants the right way, the Alberta way — through Alberta technology and exporting our clean Alberta energy to the world."."We must support and recognize the work of Alberta companies working on technology that makes producing and using fossil fuels more sustainable," Smith said.."Alberta is a world leader in carbon tech, carbon capture and hydrogen and we must maintain this advantage."."Our largest oilsands producers have proposed a pioneering project, called Pathways, to use carbon tech and small modular nuclear to dramatically reduce all types of emissions from oilsands production," Smith added.."Further, we must get Alberta LNG and our other clean energy products to Asia, Europe and the US to replace reliance on higher polluting fuels such as coal, wood and dung."."Our forestry, ranching and farming sectors are also proud to provide nature based solutions to offset emissions, and they deserve recognition and credit for providing this service to the world."."These initiatives,advancing Alberta technology and exporting our clean energy to the world will do more for the environment than all the harmful virtue signaling policies of the WEF and Justin Trudeau combined, and will do so while creating jobs and wealth, rather than unemployment and poverty."."I invite my friends, Travis Toews and Brian Jean, to stop the silly attacks and join with me in fighting Justin Trudeau, Rachel Notley and their WEF agenda together," Smith said.
