Feds didn't push carbon price backstop in Alberta in show of co-operation: Dabrusin - BNN Bloomberg

OTTAWA — The government didn’t enforce the federal standard on Alberta’s industrial carbon price as a gesture of co-operation with the province, Federal Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin said Tuesday. “Fighting with our provinces, being tied up in courts … we’re working to be in really a true co-operative federalism,” Dabrusin told The Canadian Press when asked why Ottawa didn’t enforce the federal backstop on Alberta. “Doing that makes us stronger.” Ottawa allows provinces and territories to create their own carbon pricing systems. But if those programs don’t meet a federal standard, Ottawa…