Toews touts 'targeted' tariffs to defend Alberta as UCP candidates take aim at Ottawa. Column by DonBraid: yyc ableg abpoli cdnpoli
they agree with — a provincial police force and pension, for instance.
He would impose Alberta tariffs on goods and services from areas deemed hostile to Alberta. He didn’t mention this in the debate but it’s right there in his campaign platform.Article content How “targeted levies” would be used isn’t at all clear, although one of Toews’ campaign staffers suggested it might affect goods from Quebec if the province further hindered pipelines with federal connivance.
The Americans repealed some of their legislation, maybe because of Ottawa’s threat but also because the World Trade Organization banned country-of-origin labelling for some products. He said the key is to follow through with measures such as provincial referendums on key issues, unlike Premier Jason Kenney, who won the referendum on equalization but then did nothing further when the rest of the country ignored it.
The candidates — also including Loewen and Leela Aheer — debated and often sniped at each other for two hours, but ended up saying how wonderful they are, one and all. They even offered each other cabinet posts.
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