Senior cabinet minister Dominic LeBlanc says Prime Minister Mark Carney will be different than Justin Trudeau when it comes to working with Alberta and Saskatchewan, while keeping some environmental policies the provinces have raised concerns about.
LeBlanc’s comments come as both provinces have been ramping up their objections post-election to federal policies that they say restrict their oil and gas sectors.
In an interview on CTV’s Question Period to be aired on May 11, LeBlanc said Carney is engaged in “ongoing conversations” with the two Prairie provinces.
“The fact that he’s saying that we should collaborate in terms of the review approval process for large projects with provinces, one project, one review, not duplicating work that’s done by provinces, this is a significant departure from the previous government,” he said….