Alberta and two prominent business groups have released formal responses to a proposed federal emissions cap as the province’s environment minister was slated to meet with her federal counterpart.
“This cap is not realistic or effective, will not achieve its grandiose emissions targets and will not be tolerated in Alberta,” says the province’s official response.
Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault was to meet with Alberta Environment and Protected Areas Minister Rebecca Schulz Monday.
Guilbeault has said Ottawa would bring in a 100-megatonne cap on emissions from the oilsands, the source of nearly eight per cent of all Canadian emissions and one of the
