TORONTO - Canada's environment ministers are meeting today in Ottawa to discuss reducing greenhouses gases but how that will be accomplished is leaving some premiers wary.
Ontario's Dalton McGuinty says that a national cap-and-trade system cannot "discriminate" against his province and any gains generated by the province must remain there.
That got Premier Ed Stelmach upset, saying Alberta has already put a price on carbon emissions.
He says he doesn't want to see another premier imposing a policy across Canada that might put additional costs on Albertans.
Quebec is calling for Ottawa to raise its targets for cutting greenhouse emissions.
Cap-and-trade systems place a ceiling on greenhouse gases and let participants buy and sell emissions permits within that cap.
Those who don't meet the emissions targets can buy credits from others with a surplus instead of lowering their emissions.
