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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the details of a federal carbon tax in Alberta are still being worked out in the event that Premier Jason Kenney triggers an end to the provincial carbon levy as promised.

“What we’re going to ensure is that nowhere across the country will it be free to pollute,” Trudeau said, speaking outside the Edmonton Convention Centre at a press conference on Friday, with Edmonton’s river valley in the background.

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“We’d much rather work with the provinces on that, but if some provinces don’t want to act to fight climate change, the federal government will, because it’s too important for Canadians.”

Kenney said repeatedly during the spring election that Bill 1 of a UCP government would repeal the Alberta carbon tax brought in by the NDP. As of Jan. 1, 2018, that consumer tax amounted to $30 per tonne of carbon pollution — showing up as 6.73 cents on a litre of gas and about $1.52 on a gigajoule of natural gas. The new government’s first legislative session is scheduled to begin May 21.