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Alberta proposes oil-site trespass bill to keep federal workers from grabbing data
Mar 19, 2025 | 4:39 PM
Alberta’s government is proposing a law it says would ban federal employees from going on any oil-related sites — from wellheads to corporate head offices – but the NDP says it’s an illegal and performative distraction.
Premier Danielle Smith says the goal is to keep federal staffers away from any place where oil and gas production and emissions data might be located.
Smith says it’s necessary because she doesn’t trust how the federal government will calculate greenhouse gas emissions as it crafts its proposed emissions cap.
Smith says emissions data is the property of the Alberta government and says if a private company doesn’t comply, the province could make it a condition of its licence.
