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Article: Canada: Stelmach dismisses call for increasing emissions levy.
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- October 31, 2009
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Byline: Mamta03
Premier Ed Stelmach says he will reject any climate change plan that transfers more money out of Alberta, and quickly dismissed a report that suggests Canada's climate change goals can only be met by shifting wealth out of the West.
"There won't be another wealth transfer to Ottawa under my watch, I can tell you," Stelmach said, the day after a new report suggested greenhouse gas targets can only be reached by placing a significantly higher price on carbon emissions.
The report by the Pembina Institute and the David Suzuki Foundation says Alberta could pay up to $5 billion more than it gets back, according to one estimate.
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