Environment Minister Jason Nixon said while he won't meet with Thunberg, he hopes the Swedish girl takes time to learn about the province's oil and gas industry.

The measures proposed range from subsidies for the purchase of electric vehicles to easier access to employment insurance for workers in industries threatened by the move away from fossil fuels.

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh intends to cut Canada's greenhouse-gas emissions almost in half over the next decade as he stakes out a claim to being a climate-change champion in the looming federal election.

Alberta's environment minister says a multimillion-dollar summer advertising campaign to promote the province's climate-change plan is necessary because of its sweeping impact.