Expect Trudeau to take some heat over feds’ climate-change targets at meeting with premiers, says Tory strategist

'Provinces and territories are going to argue ... that they’re going to see absolutely no investment decisions by the private sector to develop natural resources, until the feds make clear what their net-zero plans are,' says Conservative strategist Geoff Norquay.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, will be meeting with premiers and Indigenous leaders on March 13. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PALAK MANGAT

March 5, 2020

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be faced with “some pretty loud pressure” from premiers about his government’s plans to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 when he hosts the First Ministers’ Meeting in Ottawa next week, says one Conservative strategist.

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