Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she doesn’t know whether human activity is the main driver of climate change.

“I’m not a scientist,” she told the House of Commons environment committee Thursday in response to questions from Bloc Québécois MP Patrick Bonin. Bonin was pressing Smith to explain how Alberta can meet its net-zero by 2050 target while boosting oil and gas production.

Smith, who leads a province with the fourth largest oil reserves and ninth largest gas reserves on the planet and is an avowed oil and gas industry promoter, acknowledged the climate is warming and human activity makes some contribution. But, when asked if oil and gas are the main culprits — they are unequivocally the leading contributors according to climate science, she deflected by casting hydroelect

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