Nova Scotia legislature fall sitting opens Thursday with throne speech
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s premier says he’s confident his government’s cap and trade plan will get the green light from Ottawa, adding there will be no further legislation around the scheme during the upcoming fall sitting of the provincial legislature.
Provinces that wish to maintain or establish a carbon pricing system had to submit an outline of their plan to the federal government by Sept. 1.
“We don’t need any further legislation — ours is done,” Stephen McNeil said in an interview last week. “We worked with them (Ottawa) all the way through and we don’t expect there to be an issue.”
However, McNeil again cautioned that Nova Scotia wouldn’t be moving ahead if Ottawa doesn’t impose its program on provinces that don’t meet its benchmarks.