Alberta Municipal Affairs Minister Rebecca Schulz said voting for Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley shows support to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. .“When Rachel Notley took over government in 2015, she wasted no time cozying up to Justin Trudeau, forcing through the crippling carbon tax she never campaigned on, driving Alberta into massive debt, killing jobs, and losing us billions of dollars in investment,” said Schulz in a Tuesday video. .“Alberta, we can’t afford to go back.” .Schulz said Alberta knows how Trudeau feels about oil and gas. Trudeau said he was going to phase out Alberta’s oilsands in 2015. .She said he proceeded “to advance his anti-Alberta agenda.” This was done by passing Bill C-48 and Bill C-69. .The laws have led to energy projects being cancelled, including the Teck Frontier Mine, Energy East, Northern Gateway, and Pacific Northwest LNG. She said tens of billions of dollars for Alberta were lost. .Schulz acknowledged Trudeau did not want to help Europe out by exporting natural gas. .Trudeau said in August Canada will not be shipping natural gas to Europe to address the continent’s energy crisis. .READ MORE: Trudeau rejects exporting Canadian natural gas to Europe.“Canada is a major oil and gas producer in the world,” he said. .“But because of our commitment to fight climate change, we are working very, very hard to decarbonize and develop other sources of energy that we can rely on and we can share with the world.” .Schulz went on to say the carbon tax is making life more expensive when families across Alberta are struggling. She added the Canadian government’s planned emissions cap will crush oil and gas to the benefit of authoritarian countries. .Alberta voted to reform equalization in 2021. She said Trudeau ignored the province’s democratic will by not listening to it. .The municipal affairs minister concluded by saying Alberta has “seen this movie before.” She said the province cannot afford another NDP government. .“Because a vote for Rachel Notley is a vote for Justin Trudeau,” she said. .Schulz criticized the Canadian government in 2021 for accepting a $6 billion childcare package for Quebec while refusing the same deal for Alberta. .READ MORE: Alberta slams ‘dishonest’ feds over $6-billion childcare negotiations.“This is dishonest, bad-faith negotiating from Ottawa right before an election,” she said. .“It’s frustrating to see Alberta parents could be left behind because of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cynical pre-election maneuvering, especially given we are absolutely committed to affordable, accessible childcare that meets the diverse needs of Alberta kids and families.”
