Despite a deadline that has come and gone, the federal government is refusing to say which provinces failed to submit carbon-pricing plans to Ottawa by Sept. 1, and is reluctant to criticize those that have not.
In an interview Friday with the National Post, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc struck a conciliatory tone in the face of mounting opposition from the provinces to the Trudeau government’s climate plan. The latest blow came last week, when Alberta NDP Premier Rachel Notley announced her province is pulling out of the federal plan in the wake of an appeal court ruling that overturned the government’s approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe have joined forces to oppose the federal tax, including through court challenges, while several other provinces have proposed climate plans that do not appear to meet the federal requirements.
But LeBlanc, who took on his new role as Ottawa’s emissary to the provinces in July, insisted that provincial governments are “acknowledging that we need a concerted national effort” to fight climate change.
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