Ottawa Rejects Atlantic Canada’s Request for Extension to Submit Climate Plan

Ottawa Rejects Atlantic Canada’s Request for Extension to Submit Climate Plan
Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 17, 2022. The Canadian Press/Patrick Doyle
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HALIFAX—The federal environment minister on Thursday rejected a request from the premiers of Atlantic Canada for an extension to the deadline to submit their plans to tackle carbon emissions.

In a statement to The Canadian Press, Steven Guilbeault said his deadlines “were clearly and repeatedly communicated,'' adding that provinces have until Friday to provide their strategies to price carbon pollution. Provinces without climate plans deemed acceptable by Ottawa are subject to the federal government’s carbon tax.