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Premier Brad Wall did not hold back in his response to the carbon pricing plan announced by the federal government on Monday, saying in a statement, “the level of disrespect shown by the Prime Minister and his government … is stunning.”

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the government would be establishing a “floor price” of $10 a tonne on carbon pollution in 2018. That price will rise to $50 a tonne by 2022.

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The announcement was made in Ottawa to kick off a debate to support climate goals the feds committed to in Paris.

It also happened as the federal environment minister was set to meet with her provincial counterparts to hash out details of a carbon pricing plan.

“I cannot believe that while the country’s environment ministers were meeting on a so-called collaborative climate change plan, the Prime Minister stood in the House of Commons and announced a carbon tax unilaterally,” Wall’s statement continued. “This meeting is not worth the CO2 emissions it took for environment ministers to get there.”