Environment Minister ready to share Prairie Resilience

According to Saskatchewan’s environment minister, other provinces have started expressing interest in the Prairie Resilience plan.

On Wednesday, Dustin Duncan spoke at a symposium for the Canadian Electrical Association. He talked about bringing things together — both stakeholders from across the country, and resources from across Saskatchewan.

Duncan also spoke to the crowd about his government’s plan to deal with climate change, SaskPower’s part in it and being sure to mention that it does not include a carbon tax.

Afterwards, Duncan said each province is facing the same kind of issues: the need for emission reduction and aging infrastructure. He also added there’s a lot of information that might be shared.

When asked what Saskatchewan has to share, Duncan named Prairie Resilience.

“We have a plan in Saskatchewan that achieves the outcomes that we desire — that’s to reduce our emissions in this country. My argument would be it’s one that doesn’t have a tax on it,” he explained.

Duncan said other provinces should look at Saskatchewan’s plan and, in fact, some have already started to. He also talked about the plan in the context of the meeting he’ll be at next week with his provincial and federal counterparts.

“Particularly, as new governments have been elected — and they’re certainly looking at maybe making changes to the climate change plans for their provinces — I know there’s been a lot of interest in the Prairie Resilience plan,” he said.

According to Duncan, regardless of whether they rely on Prairie Resilience to build their own plan, other provinces are moving away from their support of a carbon tax.