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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to consider halting COVID vaccines for healthy children

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By Anthony Murdoch

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said she will consider the findings of a report she commissioned that called for halting COVID shots for healthy children and teenagers, admitting there are questions about the ā€œefficacyā€ of the jab in kids.

ā€œI was pleased to see that we had a broad cross-section of doctors able to look at our previous COVID response, identify processes that were in place, identify things that may have gone wrong,ā€Ā Smith said [24:50 min mark] while speaking to reporters on January 29.

Smith was responding to a question in response to the Alberta COVID-19 Pandemic Data Review Task Forceā€™s ā€œCOVID Pandemic Responseā€ 269-pageĀ final reportĀ released last week.

She said she is looking to ā€œidentify things that are now under question, like the efficacy of masks and the efficacy of this vaccine in children.ā€

Smith added that her government is ā€œgoing to take a look atā€ the reportā€™s findings and ā€œobviously weā€™ll, weā€™ll make some decisions about whether to move forward on any of the recommendations.ā€

The report wasĀ commissioned by SmtihĀ last year, giving the task force a sweeping mandate to investigate her predecessorā€™s COVID-era mandates and policies.

The task forceā€™s final report was released last week. It recommended halting ā€œthe use of COVID-19 vaccines without full disclosure of their potential risksā€ as well as outright ending their use ā€œfor healthy children and teenagers as other jurisdictions have done,ā€ mentioning countries like ā€œDenmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the U.K.ā€

Among the recommendations of the task force was the call to ā€œ(f)urther research to establish the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines is necessary before widespread use in adults and children,ā€ the establishment of ā€œa website and/or call-in center for the vaccine injured in Albertaā€ as well as establishing a ā€œmechanism for opting out of federal health policy until provincial due process has been satisfied.ā€

The report also noted that ā€œ(c)hildren and teenagers have a very low risk of serious illness from COVID-19. COVID-19 vaccines were not designed to halt transmission and there is a lack of reliable data showing that the vaccines protect children from severe COVID-19.ā€

Smith: Doctorsā€™ right to ā€˜speak their mindā€™ must be protected

While answering reportersā€™ questions on January 29, Smith also said the doctors in the province need to be able to ā€œspeak their minds without punishment from their colleges.ā€

ā€œI think thatā€™s going to be important too, otherwise, politicians only bad decisions,ā€ she noted.

The report touched on how many doctors in Alberta who gave opposing views to the mainstream narrative regarding COVID jabs, masks, and the use of alternatives to treat the virus were wrongly vilified.

Smith mentioned that the point of the report was to find out what went wrong during COVID and to not repeat the same mistakes should there be another pandemic.

LifeSiteNews has published anĀ extensive amount of researchĀ on the dangers of the experimental COVID mRNA jabs that include heart damage and blood clots.

The mRNA shots have alsoā€Æbeen linked toā€Æa multitude of negative and often severe side effects in children and all haveā€Æconnections to cell lines derived from aborted babies.

After becoming premier in late 2022, Smith promptlyĀ fired theĀ provinceā€™s top doctor, Deena Hinshaw, and the entire AHS board of directors, all of whom oversaw the implementation of COVID mandates.

 

Under predecessor Jason Kenney, thousands of nurses, doctors, and other healthcare and government workers lost their jobs for choosing to not get the jabs, leading Smith to sayĀ ā€“ onlyĀ minutes after being swornĀ inĀ ā€“Ā that over the past year the ā€œunvaccinatedā€ were the ā€œmost discriminated againstā€ group of people in her lifetime.

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Big win for Alberta and Canada: Statement from Premier Smith

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Premier Danielle Smith issued the following statement on the April 2, 2025 U.S. tariff announcement:

ā€œToday was an important win for Canada and Alberta, as it appears the United States has decided to uphold the majority of the free trade agreement (CUSMA) between our two nations. It also appears this will continue to be the case until after the Canadian federal election has concluded and the newly elected Canadian government is able to renegotiate CUSMA with the U.S. administration.

ā€œThis is precisely what I have been advocating for from the U.S. administration for months.

ā€œIt means that the majority of goods sold into the United States from Canada will have no tariffs applied to them, including zero per cent tariffs on energy, minerals, agricultural products, uranium, seafood, potash and host of other Canadian goods.

ā€œThere is still work to be done, of course. Unfortunately, tariffs previously announced by the United States on Canadian automobiles, steel and aluminum have not been removed. The efforts of premiers and the federal government should therefore shift towards removing or significantly reducing these remaining tariffs as we go forward and ensuring affected workers across Canada are generously supported until the situation is resolved.

ā€œI again call on all involved in our national advocacy efforts to focus on diplomacy and persuasion while avoiding unnecessary escalation. Clearly, this strategy has been the most effective to this point.

ā€œAs it appears the worst of this tariff dispute is behind us (though there is still work to be done), it is my sincere hope that we, as Canadians, can abandon the disastrous policies that have made Canada vulnerable to and overly dependent on the United States, fast-track national resource corridors, get out of the way of provincial resource development and turn our country into an independent economic juggernaut and energy superpower.ā€

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Energy sector will fuel Alberta economy and Canadaā€™s exports for many years to come

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From the Fraser Institute

By Jock Finlayson

By any measure, Alberta is an energy powerhouseā€”within Canada, but also on a global scale. In 2023, it produced 85 per cent of Canadaā€™s oil and three-fifths of the countryā€™s natural gas. Most of Canadaā€™s oil reserves are in Alberta, along with a majority of natural gas reserves. Alberta is the beating heart of the Canadian energy economy. And energy, in turn, accounts for one-quarter of Canadaā€™s international exports.

Consider some key facts about the provinceā€™s energy landscape, as noted in the Alberta Energy Regulatorā€™s (AER) 2023Ā annual report. Oil and natural gas production continued to rise (on a volume basis) in 2023, on the heels of steady increases over the preceding half decade. However, the dollar value of Albertaā€™s oil and gas production fell in 2023, as the surging prices recorded in 2022 following Russiaā€™s invasion of Ukraine retreated. Capital spending in the provinceā€™s energy sector reached $30 billion in 2023, making it the leading driver of private-sector investment. And completion of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project has opened new offshore export avenues for Canadaā€™s oil industry and should boost Albertaā€™s energy production and exports going forward.

In a world striving to address climate change, Albertaā€™s hydrocarbon-heavy energy sector faces challenges. At some point, the world may start to consume less oil and, later, less natural gas (in absolute terms). But such ā€œpeakā€ consumption hasnā€™t arrived yet, nor does it appear imminent. While the demand for certain refined petroleum products is trending down in some advanced economies, particularly in Europe, we should take a broader global perspective when assessing energy demand and supply trends.

Looking at the worldwide picture, Goldman Sachsā€™ 2024 global energy forecast predicts that ā€œoil usage will increase through 2034ā€ thanks to strong demand in emerging markets and growing production of petrochemicals that depend on oil as the principalĀ feedstock. Global demand for natural gas (including LNG) will also continue to increase, particularly since natural gas is the least carbon-intensive fossil fuel and more of it is being traded in the form of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Against this backdrop, there are reasons to be optimistic about the prospects for Albertaā€™s energy sector, particularly if the federal government dials back some of the economically destructive energy andĀ climate policiesĀ adopted by the lastĀ government. According to the AERā€™s ā€œbase caseā€ forecast, overall energy output will expand over the next 10 years. Oilsands output is projected to grow modestly; natural gas production will also rise, in part due to greater demand for Albertaā€™s upstream gas from LNG operators in British Columbia.

The AERā€™s forecast also points to a positive trajectory for capital spending across the provinceā€™s energy sector. The agency sees annual investment rising from almost $30 billion to $40 billion by 2033. Most of this takes place in the oil and gas industry, but ā€œemergingā€ energy resources and projects aimed at climate mitigation are expected to represent a bigger slice of energy-related capital spending going forward.

Like many other oil and gas producing jurisdictions, Alberta must navigate the bumpy journey to a lower-carbon future. But the world is set to remain dependent on fossil fuels for decades to come. This suggests the energy sector will continue to underpin not only the Alberta economy but also Canadaā€™s export portfolio for the foreseeable future.

Jock Finlayson

Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute
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