Alberta responds to feds’ appeal of plastics ban court decision – December 19, 2023

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith responds to Ottawa’s planned appeal of a recent Federal Court decision on single-use plastics. She announces that her government will intervene in the appeal. In November, the court ruled that the federal government’s policy was unconstitutional, deeming the list of banned plastics too broad to determine which were considered toxic under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. The premier is joined at the news conference in Calgary by Alberta ministers Mickey Amery (justice) and Rebecca Schulz (environment). She faces questions from reporters about the revocation of a job offer for Dr. Deena Hinshaw, the province’s former chief medical officer, to work with an Indigenous health program at Alberta Health Services.