Federal environment minister says Alberta and Ottawa can come to terms on climate policy

In her election night victory speech, she said she would not allow the federal government to impose policies on Alberta she views as damaging to the province's energy sector.

In an interview with CBC's The House airing Saturday, Guilbeault insisted the federal government is working successfully with Alberta on a number of issues, including biodiversity and tailings pond remediation.

Danielle Smith’s victory in this week’s provincial election in Alberta sets the stage for more conflict between the province and the federal government over energy and climate change policy.

Speaking to The House, Jeff Cyr, CEO of Raven Indigenous Capital Partners, said a multi-party approach is the most sensible one, given the fact that governments come and go on shorter timescales than many major investment projects.

Dozens of businesses and groups with ties to clean tech were in Ottawa this week to make their case to politicians and staff under the banner “New Economy Canada.” Colleen Giroux-Schmidt, vice president of corporate relations at Innergex and Jeff Cyr [Sear], CEO of Raven Indigenous Capital Partners, talk about why they believe government must subsidize the green revolution.

And so we need to know that there's a sense of durability in this country so that it's a place that can attract our capital, as opposed to other parts of the world," said Colleen Giroux-Schmidt, a vice-president at Innergex Renewable Energy.