Alberta is taking Ottawa to the Federal Court once again, this time claiming the “carve-out” for the federal carbon tax on home heating oil is unconstitutional, unlawful and wildly unfair.

Tuesday’s announcement was nicely timed to get that message to nearly 6,000 UCP conventioneers expected in Red Deer this coming weekend.

Premier Danielle Smith faces a leadership vote. Anything anti-Ottawa has a calming effect on the resistance.

Smith didn’t mention the convention. Instead, she pinned the timing on the first birthday of the tax exemption that was announced Oct. 26, 2023.

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Smith’s move is certainly political, but so what? The carve-out itself was brutally and blatantly political. Smith is right to........

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