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about $2-billion. Ottawa has pledged roughly $8-billion. The UCP are expected to add at least $3-billion more to the mix.big in renewablesMs. Smith questions Ottawa’s potential cap on oil and gas emissions, as did the Alberta NDP. This space is skeptical of that mechanism, a plan Ottawa has not yet officially proposed. Ms. Smith’s fear that an emissions cap would become a cap on oil and gas output may be valid. Ottawa insists otherwise. It could all end up mired in the courts.
Ambition should be the focus, not jurisdictional fights. Clean power is a prime example. Ottawa wants 100 per cent clean power by 2035. The Alberta NDP supported it. Ms. Smith prefers 2050. Alberta can do better than that. Surely there is a fair and profitable compromise, where Ottawa and Alberta both invest to reach the goal sooner than later.a future of no deficits and a freeze on real per capita spending, which would help move some oil money to savings and debt repayment.
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