Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s power move with sovereignty act

Guest: Kieran Leavitt, politics reporter

Alberta’s Premier Danielle Smith has fulfilled her campaign promise and launched the Alberta Sovereignty in a United Canada act, which aims to allow the province to ignore and potentially alter federal laws it deems harmful to Alberta or its citizens. While Smith says the plan is legal and constitutional, experts are already warning this could be the beginning of another conflict over federal versus provincial powers and citizen rights.

This episode was produced by Brian Bradley, Paulo Marques and Raju Mudhar.

Audio sources: CPAC