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REGINA — Saskatchewan’s environment minister is signalling a warming of feelings towards Ottawa despite disagreement over the federal carbon tax.

Dustin Duncan met with federal counterpart Jonathan Wilkinson on Thursday in Regina, where they discussed issues including carbon pricing and possible collaborations on future carbon capture and storage technology projects.

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“This is probably the most jovial I have felt after meeting with a minister of environment for some time,” Duncan later told reporters.

“I took away from the meeting a willingness for the minister to want to work with Saskatchewan and work with the rest of the provinces, and that certainly is a change in tone from what we had seen in the past.”

Wilkinson said despite what some people think, Ottawa and Saskatchewan do share areas of common interest.

He said he’s also open to the province’s suggestions on the implementation of federal legislation that overhauls energy project reviews. Duncan said Wilkinson seemed willing to revisit a previous decision to exclude Saskatchewan from automatically receiving $62 million in federal money, because it didn’t sign onto a framework to support carbon pricing.