The Alberta Roundup with Isaac Lamoureux - Alberta takes Trudeau to court over plastic ban

00:00:00.000 hey everyone welcome back to the alberta roundup i'm your host rachel emmanuel let's take a look

00:00:16.860 at what we're going to be talking about here today the alberta government will join plastic

00:00:20.260 makers in a court challenge of the federal government's plastic ban the government will

00:00:24.060 also seize non-essential business for 10 days to mourn the passing of queen elizabeth ii the

00:00:29.180 province is increasing funding to its chief firearms officer's office to speed up gun transfers

00:00:34.060 and licenses meanwhile an alberta university is canceling its ice hockey intramurals to be more

00:00:39.280 inclusive edmonton is the latest city to want to ban single-use plastics and of course we'll have

00:00:44.040 our ucp leadership race update let's jump into today's topics the alberta government has filed

00:00:48.360 notice with the federal court to intervene in a legal challenge of the trudeau government's move

00:00:52.540 to list all plastics as a toxic substance under the canadian environmental protection act in august

00:00:57.620 more than two dozen plastic makers who united under the banner of the responsible plastic use

00:01:01.940 coalition asked the federal court to put an end to ottawa's impending ban the 29 billion industry is

00:01:07.060 also suing the federal government for listing plastic as toxic the alberta government is intervening in

00:01:12.260 both these cases here is what premier kenny had to say about it no because they're not you're

00:01:17.380 pulling the plastic phone there i don't think you're you're i don't think you believe that it has

00:01:22.060 the toxicity of arsenic which is the the same category under which this has been listed so

00:01:30.300 we cannot live our modern lives without petrochemical products without plastic products

00:01:34.780 we cannot achieve carbon reduction goals without the efficiency the lightness of plastic products

00:01:43.420 the plastics industry is very focused with the support of provincial governments the premier

00:01:49.020 also said he hopes quebec and ontario will join in intervening as both those provinces have large

00:01:53.580 petrochemical industries as well the alberta government will seize all non-essential communication

00:01:58.300 and business for the next 10 days to mourn the passing of queen elizabeth ii the queen passed away

00:02:03.500 on thursday afternoon at belmoro castle while surrounded by her family she leaves behind a legacy unmatched

00:02:09.180 in history as the longest reigning british monarch in february elizabeth became the first british monarch to

00:02:13.820 celebrate a platinum jubilee marking a historic 70 years on the throne a lot of us feel much sadness

00:02:19.980 at her passing she certainly embodied many qualities we seem to have lost today in society

00:02:24.380 like grace duty and sacrifice moving back into alberta politics the province is increasing support

00:02:29.660 to its chief firearms officer by over seven hundred thousand dollars this year to speed up the process

00:02:34.700 of gun licenses and transfers since the federal government announced an impending ban on handgun sales and

00:02:40.060 transfers albertans have rushed to buy or transfer handguns while they still can justice minister

00:02:45.180 tyler shanjo said the funding will enable chief firearms officer terry bryant to hire more staff

00:02:49.980 to process license applications transfers authorizations to carry and more all while from alberta

00:02:57.100 here's what terry bryant had to say about it today's announcement will support us in adequately

00:03:02.140 staffing our office with the focus on hiring local to better serve albertans it will significantly

00:03:08.780 enhance our level of service to align with the expectations of albertans in keeping our

00:03:13.740 communities safe and it will support our work which helps sustain economic activity associated

00:03:19.580 with lawful firearms ownership in alberta through inspections and approvals of shooting ranges as

00:03:24.540 well as supporting firearms businesses let's move into the controversy of the week alberta's mount

00:03:29.820 royal university is canceling its ice hockey intramurals to be more accessible and inclusive in a

00:03:35.260 statement the university said it conducted an analysis to work towards quote achieving an

00:03:39.420 accessible and inclusive program where all feel they belong mount royal said evidence shows ice

00:03:44.140 hockey creates a sense of belonging for some but there are still critical areas that require improvement

00:03:49.420 i'm wondering if the people that were not able to play ice hockey now feel included because nobody

00:03:53.420 gets to play at all what do you think what we're going to be watching in the weeks to come edmonton is

00:03:57.820 the latest city to consider a ban on single-use plastic items the city of edmonton is considering

00:04:02.860 banning businesses from offering customers single-use plastic items like shopping bags and foam cups

00:04:07.820 the proposed bylaw would reduce the number of single-use items used and discarded in edmonton

00:04:12.220 and begin to quote shift the habits of edmontonians visitors businesses and other organizations

00:04:17.740 to make reusable alternatives their default choice end quote the bylaw would work by man-eating a

00:04:22.700 minimum fee for new paper shopping bags and new reusable shopping bags as well customers must request

00:04:27.980 utensils for single-use accessories made of any material restaurants can't just hand them out and

00:04:32.700 there would be an outright ban on plastic shopping bags and styrofoam service wear it's probably worth

00:04:37.340 noting a 2011 research paper which found it takes more than four times as much energy to manufacture

00:04:42.460 a paper bag as it does to manufacture a plastic bag okay guys let's jump into our ucp leadership race

00:04:48.060 update albertans have started to receive their ballots to vote in the ucp leadership contest of course

00:04:52.940 there's also the option to vote in person on october 6 the same day the new leader and premier will be

00:04:58.300 announced for those who aren't sure how the preferred ballot works be sure to check out my

00:05:02.220 explainer online this week danielle smith released highly anticipated details of her alberta sovereignty

00:05:06.940 act we've talked about this so many times you guys know what this is by now but for first-time

00:05:10.620 listeners the alberta sovereignty act essentially would bar any federal legislation deemed harmful to

00:05:15.740 alberta and its interest danielle smith has said it could be used to push back federal

00:05:19.740 covid 19 vaccine mandates gun control legislation and bill c69 which of course overhauls the

00:05:26.060 regulatory approval process for major energy projects or as danielle smith calls it the no

00:05:31.580 more building anything in alberta ever again without federal approval bill so here's how the

00:05:36.860 sovereignty act works according to new details released by smith this week smith said each motion

00:05:41.980 would include identification of the federal law deemed to be in violation of the constitution or charter

00:05:47.500 the constitutional explanation for making that claim an explanation of the harms on albertans

00:05:52.700 a description of the specific action the province would take to refuse the federal law

00:05:56.860 and a declaration of non-enforcement if a court stays or deems an alberta sovereignty act special

00:06:02.300 motion to be unconstitutional the government and the legislature would decide whether to amend

00:06:07.340 end or continue with a special motion understanding the legal implications such a decision could cause

00:06:13.020 unfortunately for her smith's new details to not appease her opponents four of them banded 0.99

00:06:17.500 together and held a press conference on thursday to show their unity in opposition to the proposal

00:06:21.980 travis tabes brian gene rajin sani and leela ahir all attended here's what travis tabes had to say

00:06:27.820 but the sovereignty act is not the way we win it's been pitched as the cure-all for alberta's position

00:06:35.180 within the nation but the act is a false bill of goods that is simply more political bluster

00:06:41.260 will not deliver the expected outcomes and will create anger and disillusionment amongst albertans

00:06:47.580 notably absent from the press conference were rebecca schultz and todd lowen gene said all the

00:06:52.460 candidates were invited except for danielle smith and it was a political decision whether or not to

00:06:57.100 attend following the press conference schultz released a statement saying she doesn't support

00:07:01.260 the act because it quote doesn't do what people say it's going to do end quote she did not say whether

00:07:06.540 she would vote for the sovereignty act if it reached the legislature floor in a video posted to social

00:07:11.340 media lowen said the press conference showed disunity and desperation quote i wish those

00:07:15.980 candidates would stand up against prime minister justin trudeau as strong as they stand up against

00:07:19.740 the sovereignty act end quote all right guys let's end with our alberta politics funny moment of the

00:07:25.100 week global news was forced to delete a tweet after premier jason kenney said a mountain was named

00:07:30.060 after queen elizabeth ii when it was actually named after queen elizabeth of belgium he was of course

00:07:34.460 referencing mount queen elizabeth located on the border of alberta and british columbia

00:07:38.700 it was named after the belgium queen in 1916 don't worry premier we all make mistakes i should know

00:07:45.660 okay guys that's all for me today thanks for tuning in if you support our work at true north

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The Alberta Roundup with Isaac Lamoureux - September 10, 2022

Alberta takes Trudeau to court over plastic ban

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