Ban and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are scheduled to discuss a number of topics, including climate change and the Syrian refugee crisis.
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But he says ultimately the federal government is responsible for pipeline approvals, based on the best assessment by the National Energy Board.
“Kids today in Canada have too much access to marijuana and we’ve taken action in Vancouver to regulate micro-marijuana dispensaries to make sure there’s some framework locally to address the risk to kids and the proliferation of dispensaries”, said Robertson.
“We must trust our environmental agencies and we will let them do their job without political interference”.
A key plank in that plan is Energy East, a controversial pipeline that has drawn the ire of many along its route through Central Canada to the Atlantic coast.
The Premier of Saskatchewan, Brad Wall, is among those who pressure on Justin Trudeau for the latter to defend the pipeline instead of playing referee between the different camps.
The Alberta Chamber of Commerce is weighing in on promises made by the Liberal government to help our province which continues to struggle with 10,000 jobs lost from December to January.
Mayors said they are buoyed by discussions on two fronts in particular.
In response to a request from Alberta, the federal government will also provide up to $250 million to the province, in the form of an advance fiscal stabilization payment, as a result of losses in natural resource revenue. “That’s how they get their goods to market”.
As he did in Edmonton on Wednesday, the prime minister continued to signal that changes are coming to make employment insurance easier to get for laid-off Albertans.
“I have to say, the federal government gets it. They really understand the need to invest in the long-term stuff, balanced off with the need to get stuff built right away”, says Nenshi.
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“We’re going to be very careful and thoughtful, working and coordinating with our allies in the way that we move to reengage and lift sanctions on Iran”, he said.
