09-06-2023 00:30 via edmonton.ctvnews.ca

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith downplays link between wildfires and climate change

Premier Danielle Smith says the government is bringing in arson investigators from outside the province to trace the cause of some wildfires during an unprecedented season in Alberta. In an interview on Real Talk Ryan Jespersen, the host asked Smith how she reconciles her government's energy policies with experts linking this year's extreme fire season to climate change. "It's a real-life metaphor … happening in front of us with a historic wildfire season," Jespersen said to Smith during
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