Alberta Premier Danielle Smith met with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday, delivering a strong message that Albertans will no longer tolerate what she described as a decade of federal mistreatment under Liberal leadership.
In a statement following the meeting, Smith said she provided Carney with a detailed list of demands that must be addressed within the first six months of the next Prime Minister’s term to prevent what she called an “unprecedented national unity crisis.”
Among Alberta’s demands are guaranteed access to oil and gas corridors in all directions, the repeal of Bill C-69 — also known as the “no new pipelines act” — and the lifting of the B.C. coast tanker ban.
Smith also called for the elimination of the oil and gas emissions cap, the scrapping of Clean Electricity Regulations, and an end to federal restrictions on single-use plastics.
Other requests include abandoning the net-zero car mandate and returning oversight of the industrial carbon tax to provincial governments.
“I also made it clear that Alberta, as owner of the resource, will not accept an export tax or restriction of Alberta’s oil and gas to the United States, and that our province is no longer agreeable to subsidizing other large provinces who are fully capable of funding themselves,” Smith said.
She further accused the federal government of mismanaging Jasper and Banff national parks, citing last year’s Jasper wildfire as an example of federal negligence that, she warned, now threatens Banff.
“With the federal election about to be called, I encourage all Albertans to get involved in what is likely one of the most pivotal and important elections in our nation’s history,” Smith said, urging voters to support parties and candidates advocating for Alberta’s economic interests and opposition to federal “overreach.”
The meeting marks one of Smith’s most forceful confrontations with Ottawa, underscoring ongoing tensions between Alberta and the federal government over energy policy and fiscal relations.
Carney has yet to respond publicly to Smith’s remarks.