Premiers say they want a 'cooperative' approach to climate policy. Are they serious?

By Aaron Wherry · CBC News ·

Premiers' criticisms of carbon pricing mask the tensions within their own coalition

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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, second left, hosts a Stampede breakfast with visiting premiers, left to right, Doug Ford of Ontario, Blaine Higgs of New Brunswick, and Scott Moe of Saskatchewan, in Calgary, Monday, July 8.

If Justin Trudeau had been feeling mischievous on Monday night, he might have called up Jason Kenney and made the Alberta premier an offer: if the 13 provincial and territorial premiers could, after their meetings this week, explain how they would collectively meet Canada's 2030 target for greenhouse gas emissions reductions, the federal government would repeal the national carbon price.

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