CP NewsAlert: Alberta premier's chief of staff criticizes new environment minister

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, right, speaks to reporters, as chief of staff Rob Anderson looks on in this file photo in Calgary, Alta., Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says picking Julie Dabrusin as Canada鈥檚 environment minister is a bad idea that forecasts renewed federal opposition to her province's wellspring oil and gas industry.

鈥淚 am very concerned the Prime Minister (Mark Carney) has appointed what appears to be yet another anti-oil and gas environment minister,鈥 Smith said in a statement shortly after Dabrusin was appointed Tuesday.

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