Jane_MunroeNov 30, 2022
Stephen Maher

I think this is the dumbest proposed law I have ever heard of. It’s playing pretend.

RT @[email protected]

Lunocracy: rule by loons.

The bill would "enable [the government of Alberta] to deem federal laws unconstitutional, allow it to make unilateral changes to provincial legislation, and direct provincial entities to ignore “harmful” federal policies."

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/11/29/danielle-smiths-alberta-sovereignty-act-introduces-sweeping-new-powers-to-resist-ottawa.html

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/acoyne/status/1597734367501373441

Danielle Smith’s Alberta ‘sovereignty’ act introduces sweeping new powers to resist Ottawa

The bill introduced Tuesday would let the cabinet order entities connected to the provincial government to ignore federal rules, but the new Alberta Sovereignty within a United Canada Act been a lightning rod for criticism.

thestar.com
Nov 30, 2022 at 1:43amWeb
Show threadStephen MaherNov 30, 2022
It’s like she asked a random group of YouTube commenters to explain the constitution to her and used that as the basis for drafting a bill.
Show threadSlamNov 30, 2022
@StephenMaher That's likely the scenario we are dealing with.
Show threadDoug RutherfordNov 30, 2022
@StephenMaher I have a bad image of a minority government using it to circumvent the leg.
Show threadJanice DNov 30, 2022
@StephenMaher It will be all fun and games until the Feds say “ fine don’t take the $$ because strings are attached and that is harmful to AB” and walk away leaving AB with 0.