One day after Alberta voted in a premier who promised that his first act in office would be to repeal his province's carbon pricing plan, Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna reminded Jason Kenney that fighting climate change is as much his responsibility as it is hers. "Politicians and leaders have a responsibility to tackle climate change," McKenna said today outside the Vancouver Aquarium, where she was promoting her government's budget decision to provide incentives for zero-emission cars. "Our scientists issued a report that said that Canada's climate is changing at twice the global average, three times in the North," she said. There is probably no bigger challenge than climate change, and we need ambitious action by all provinces, including Alberta." Alberta currently has a carbon tax of $30 per tonne, something premier-designate Kenney said he would scrap, just as Ontario Premier Doug Ford killed his province's cap-and-trade system once he took office.

Source: CBC News April 17, 2019 20:17 UTC