Ignorant and disloyal? Alberta’s Kenney and Notley swap personal attacks | CBC News
The angry cross-talk erupted when Notley asked Kenney why he is
threatening to hold a referendum on equalization, even though Alberta
has no direct power to change the constitutionally protected federal
funding program.
threatening to hold a referendum on equalization, even though Alberta
has no direct power to change the constitutionally protected federal
funding program.
Kenney
has said he will hold a referendum on equalization payments if there is
not progress on initiatives, such as pipelines, to get more of
Alberta’s oil and gas to market.
Notley suggested a referendum
would be a potentially divisive, grandstanding power play, which would
echo Quebec’s votes on separation.
“You claim that you’re a
federalist, but do you honestly think it is responsible to ask Albertans
to cast their ballot and to get worked up over an equalization
provision … when you know that the likelihood of being able to amend
that Constitution is about zero?” Notley asked Kenney.