Smith and Moe Object to Guilbeault’s Role in CCP Group While Forcing Domestic Net-Zero Targets

(L–R) Alberta’s United Conservative Party Leader Danielle Smith in Calgary, Alta., on May 29, 2023. (The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh); Federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on May 17, 2023. (The Canadian Press/Spencer Colby); Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe at a press conference at the provincial legislative building in Regina on Oct. 27, 2020. The Canadian Press/Michael Bell

The provincial premiers at odds with Ottawa over energy policies have taken aim at federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault for his role in a Beijing-linked environmental group and his upcoming visit to China, which is the world’s largest polluting country.

“After a recent news report that Minister Steven Guilbeault is a vice-chair of a CCP environmental group, I am concerned why the Minister wants to force Alberta to 2035, but it is okay with China getting there by 2060,” Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said in an Aug. 17 post on the platform X, previously known as Twitter.