Alberta Environment Minister Says Guilbeault Asked for NDA Before Discussing Emissions Caps

Published on December 9, 2023

Alberta’s environment minister said she was asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement before Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault would discuss emission cap plans the federal government had for the oil and gas industry. Rebecca Schulz posted the news on X, formerly Twitter. “A few days ago in Dubai at #COP28, I asked Minister [Guilbeault] to hold bilateral talks on any emission cap plans the federal government had forthcoming,” she said in a Dec. 8 post. “He wouldn’t talk about his plans or entertain any discussions unless Alberta signed an NDA,” she said. Her comments come just days after the federal government released its emissions cap plans....

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