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Trudeau, premiers meet in Ottawa today to craft climate deal
Canada's first ministers are finalizing the details of a national climate change strategy to be announced at a high-level meeting in Ottawa today, but Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall has made it clear he won't sign on to make it unanimous.
Sources familiar with the negotiations have confirmed the premiers and the prime minister will sell it as "an ambitious and achievable plan" to address climate change.
They will also stress that the deal will include enough flexibility to allow provincial and territorial governments to limit the impact carbon pricing will have on their economies.
The agreement is called the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden addressed the group shortly after 10 a.m. ET to kick off today's meetings.
The final agreement will include a long list of already announced measures to battle climate change. They will includenew building codes to boost energy efficiency, more charging stations for electric cars, and expanding clean electricity sources and upgrading power grids.
Trudeau, premiers meet in Ottawa today to craft climate deal - Politics - CBC News
Canada > America
Trudeau, premiers meet in Ottawa today to craft climate deal
Canada's first ministers are finalizing the details of a national climate change strategy to be announced at a high-level meeting in Ottawa today, but Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall has made it clear he won't sign on to make it unanimous.
Sources familiar with the negotiations have confirmed the premiers and the prime minister will sell it as "an ambitious and achievable plan" to address climate change.
They will also stress that the deal will include enough flexibility to allow provincial and territorial governments to limit the impact carbon pricing will have on their economies.
The agreement is called the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden addressed the group shortly after 10 a.m. ET to kick off today's meetings.
The final agreement will include a long list of already announced measures to battle climate change. They will includenew building codes to boost energy efficiency, more charging stations for electric cars, and expanding clean electricity sources and upgrading power grids.
Trudeau, premiers meet in Ottawa today to craft climate deal - Politics - CBC News