If the federal Liberals are serious about quelling Western discontent, they have to stop doing what Trudeau and Lametti are doing right now. skpoli
It usually takes two to play politics. And playing dangerous politics is exactly what federal Justice Minister David Lametti did in suggesting to the Assembly of First Nations that he would examine the 90-year-old NRTA that has given the provinces control over natural resource development.
Unsurprisingly, this drew the expected fire from not only Moe, but also his Prairie counterparts, Premier Danielle Smith of Alberta and Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson. “The Prime Minister needs to tell Canadians today that his Justice Minister was not speaking on behalf of the federal government when he said he would look at rescinding the 1930 Natural Resources Transfer Agreements with the prairie provinces and stripping away their constitutional authority and control over natural resources,” the three premiers wrote in a jointly prepared statement.
“These agreements recognized that the prairie provinces have the same rights over resources that all of the other provinces already had. Those rights have been fundamental to the people and the economic autonomy of Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba for nearly 100 years.”However, he did say: “I obviously can’t pronounce on that right now but I do commit to looking at that … It won’t be uncontroversial is the only thing I would say with a bit of a smile.
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