Trudeau Strikes Climate Deal Despite Provincial Holdouts

  • Manitoba, Saskatchewan oppose plan to set minumum carbon price
  • Prime Minister pledges to impose national price anyway

Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, in Ottawa on Friday.

Photographer: Chris Roussakis/Bloomberg
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has reached an agreement for a carbon price and national climate plan, pledging to move ahead even as two Canadian provinces continue to hold out.

Trudeau met premiers Friday in Ottawa, emerging in the evening to announce a framework toward 2030 emissions reduction targets that includes a minimum carbon price. It will be up to provinces and territories to choose either a tax or cap-and-trade.