Any Canadian response to U.S. tariffs will be regionally fair and equitable and not single out Alberta, Canada's main oil-producing province, Canada's Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said on Wednesday.

Restricting Alberta energy exports to the U.S. is within Ottawa's purview. But recent comments suggest that move may be unlikely, though not "off the table."

Bonnie Drozdowski is the executive director of environment, bio-industrial and clean technologies at InnoTech Alberta, which received funds for a project based on a new technique to capture CO2 from flue gas at the Shepard Energy Centre on the east side of Calgary.

Canada's federal government has assured Alberta that it will not bear a disproportionate burden of any retaliatory tariffs imposed in response to potential US import levies.

Canada has proposed a deeper critical mineral alliance with the US in response to President Donald Trump threats to impose a 25% tariff on all Canadian imports. The initiative would pave the way for a "Fortress North America" strategy on uranium supply.

But Wyloo Canada and Ontario’s mines ministry want the assessment process to stay on schedule and expect Ottawa to show a real financial commitment toward development. The Regional Assessment has moved at a snail's pace since former federal environment minister Jonathan Wilkinson first called for one in February 2020.

On behalf of the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Marc G. Serré, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, and Viviane Lapointe, Member of Parliament for Sudbury, will announce funding for climate change adaptation in northern Ontario.

The Canadian government is investing over $4.5 million in nine projects across southern Ontario aimed at enhancing the country’s resilience to climate change.

The federal government has worked with other provinces to develop plans to eliminate coal, according to Wilkinson. He said Ontario phased out coal a decade ago, Alberta finished its phase-out last year, and Nova Scotia and New Brunswick will have phased out coal by 2030.

Canada’s outgoing prime minister and the leader of the country’s oil rich province of Alberta are confident Canada can avoid the 25% tariffs President Donald Trump says he will impose on Canada and Mexico on Feb.

Trudeau blasted Smith, reminding her that the federal government bought the Trans Mountain pipeline, which now has a C$34.5 billion price tag, giving Alberta its only route to export oil from Canada’s Pacific coast.

— Selling change: The trick for Liberals will be changing their pitch without disavowing their record. Freeland has walked back support of controversial capital gains tax changes she championed and a federal carbon levy she supported for years.