No 'meeting of minds' as Alberta premier and federal ministers talk energy and climate abpoli ableg
Following the meeting Wilkinson said they did not “fully get to a meeting of minds.” But he was open to trying to understand what Alberta’s concerns are and “to see the extent to which we may be able to address them.”Trudeau urges Alberta to use surplus to contribute to carbon-capture incentives
Both Canada and Alberta are targeting to be net-zero by 2050. Canada however has multiple earlier targets along the way, including a 2030 target that wants to see emissions from the oil and gas sector cut by more than 40 per cent. “Our delegation also made clear the federal government must not unilaterally legislate any oil and natural gas emissions cap or electricity regulations impacting these areas of exclusive provincial jurisdiction without Alberta’s approval,” Smith’s statement said.
The bill itself is a relatively bureaucratic bundle of advisory councils and reporting requirements for the government to show a plan every five years for protecting and creating energy jobs as the country and world transition to an economy without emissions. “We told them that’s not on, we are going to be phasing out emissions, we are not going to be phasing out oil and natural gas jobs. And they seem to have acknowledged that with their legislation that came forward, that includes opportunities for us to invest in carbon capture, utilization and storage, hydrogen, LNG export, and those are the things that I think we can find in common.
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