MONTREAL - More than 250 elected officials across Canada have signed onto a campaign calling on the federal government to prioritize major infrastructure projects that help in the fight against climate change.

Calling themselves the Elbows Up for Climate coalition, the officials say Canadians need projects that can protect the economy from the U.S. trade war but also that can help Canada transition away from fossil fuels, says co-chair Valérie Plante, mayor of Montreal.

“We can no longer think about the economy without also thinking about climate change,” she told The Canadian Press in a recent interview.

The coalition — composed mostly of mayors and councillors — says it's concerned about the inclusion of fossil fuel expansion proposals on the list of projects the federal government wa

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