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Soon after the April 16 election, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will come to Alberta to talk to the new premier, whoever that happens to be.

If it’s UCP Leader Jason Kenney, the meeting could be crucial to the Trans Mountain pipeline project.

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By May 23 the feds will likely be ready to issue another permit to build the pipeline, after months of consultation following the stop order by the courts last Aug. 30.

But Ottawa doesn’t have to honour that deadline. It isn’t binding.

Kenney says that if he takes office after next week’s vote, he’ll abolish the carbon tax and scrap the NDP’s 100 megatonne cap on oilsands emissions.

Federal sources note that the loss of the provincial carbon tax isn’t a big problem to them because Ottawa would simply impose its own tax.

But the emissions cap is a huge deal for the Trudeau Liberals.

They say removal of that cap could take Canada out of compliance with the Paris Agreement on climate change.