The federal government’s so-called “Emissions Reduction Plan” - including its oil and gas emissions cap - will devastate Alberta’s economy.
We knew it all along.
But thanks to a freedom of information request obtained by The Hub, we now have proof - from the Alberta government’s own commissioned research - showing just how bad it will be.
The Conference Board of Canada was hired in 2023 to assess the economic and fiscal impacts of Ottawa’s plan.
The final report, delivered to the province in January 2025, contains detailed modelling of Alberta’s economic future under these policies.
The government released the main report in March… but held back the detailed economic tables.
The Hub fought for access and, through a FOIP request, obtained part of that hidden data.
The numbers are staggering:
$941.7 billion in lost economic activity between 2030 and 2050.
Over 150,000 Alberta jobs gone by 2050.
$3,291 less disposable income per Alberta household per year by 2050.
More than $196 billion wiped from provincial revenues.
For perspective, the much-hated National Energy Program of the 1980s “only” cost Alberta $37 billion over four years.
Ottawa’s current plan will take $102 billion in just the first four years alone.
And this is only the partial data.
The complete numbers could be even worse.
Ottawa’s plan would gut Alberta’s energy industry, cripple our economy, and leave our provincial government without the revenues it needs to fund health care, education, or contributions to the Heritage Fund.
If Alberta doesn’t stand up and assert its constitutional sovereignty, this will happen.
Ottawa will destroy the foundation of our economy, and we’ll be left picking up the pieces - just like after the National Energy Program, but on an even bigger scale.
That’s why the Free Alberta Strategy is fighting to make sure no federal government can ever impose policies like this on Alberta without our consent.
https://www.freealbertastrategy.com/worse_than_the_national_energy_program
Say what you will about Max Bernier and the PPC but he and his party are the only ones talking about the real issues that actual freedom supporting citizens are concerned about. He and his party DO NOT share the same policies and values of the CPC, although Pierre P did start stealing a few for his speeches that did not make it into the official platform. They therefore DO NOT split the vote.
From a recent PPC email:
During the crazy covid years, you could receive a heavy fine for walking your dog in a park or welcoming too many people in your home.
I spent twelve hours in jail after talking to a dozen people outside at a rally in Manitoba!
Three years ago, I tweeted a warning that one day, we would also have climate lockdowns.
And here we are.
The bans on going into the woods imposed by the governments of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are clearly NOT about preventing forest fires.
They’re about getting us used to more and more controls, taxes, and infringements on our fundamental rights and freedoms ...
It’s Not Fire Season, It’s War whatsupcanada.org
August 12, 2025 7:00 pm
Stopping fires is not the objective, control is. Compliance is. Bringing a population to heel is. Extermination of Canadian culture and even society is the goal. What will it take for Canadians to understand that our Governments (at every level) are in fact waging war on Canadians via policies implemented by unelected foreign entities?
Is this true? Don’t doubt it but sure makes you look around last 10 years & wake up! Too bad many have not done that yet!!
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