Nobody is opposed to a recycling fee. If you actually read the article you will see it's 2.5x to 100x the recycling fees imposed anywhere else in the world. And accompanied by a disinformation campaign from the government.

Notably the same province has a massive abandoned oil & gas well problem that they have failed to deal with for decades at this point.

The same government also effectively banned the use of renewables to power datacentre projects in Alberta, forcing them to use natural gas only.