B.C. Premier Eby says Canada won’t work if Ottawa favours separatist premiers
Eby says B.C. has $88 billion in projects and wants the same federal support Alberta received in a new Ottawa deal.
- On Tuesday, British Columbia Premier David Eby urged Prime Minister Mark Carney to match federal support provided to Alberta, citing $88 billion in provincial projects and 34 major initiatives ready to proceed.
- The demand follows an agreement signed last week between Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith that included a new pipeline and $130 per tonne carbon pricing, prompting Eby's concerns about federal engagement with "separatist premiers."
- Inside the legislature on Tuesday, tensions flared as the Conservative Party accused Eby of opposing LNG projects; Conservative MLA Claire Rattee was ejected from the chamber for being argumentative while defending her party's record.
- Conservative Party interim leader Trevor Halford claimed Eby's comments were politically motivated, telling reporters the premier is attempting to "weaponize" his relationship with the prime minister to improve his poll numbers.
- Eby intends to relay these grievances to Carney during a meeting scheduled for today in Vancouver, emphasizing that federal support must be distributed with equal respect across all provinces to maintain a unified country.
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Canada can't work if 'separatists, separatist premiers' get all of Ottawa's attention: B.C. premier
B.C. Premier David Eby said the 'real and present threat' of an Alberta separatism referendum 'enabled by decisions made by the Albertan government' has partly led Ottawa to engage differently with the province. 'Bluntly, we cannot have bad behaviour decide who gets engaged with by the federal government,' Eby said.
Vaughn Palmer: David Eby glad B.C. has most projects on federal fast-track list, yet indignant that Alberta just got its first
VICTORIA — Premier David Eby has often boasted about B.C.’s success in securing spots on the federal government's list of major projects to be fast tracked in the national interest.
Eby says Carney must show same enthusiasm for BC projects as he does for Alberta
British Columbia's premier says the projects being advanced in his province are pro-Canadian, yet they are being left out of the discussion as 'separatist premiers' get all the attention of the federal government.
B.C. Premier Eby says Canada won't work if Ottawa favours separatist premiers
VICTORIA — Canada cannot work if “separatist premiers” get all of the attention of the federal government, B.C. Premier David said Tuesday. Eby said that is the message he’ll relay to Prime Minister Mark Carney when they meet Wednesday after Carney met with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith last week to announce pipeline promises to the […]
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