Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday the fate of the emissions cap on oil and gas producers depends on other efforts to lower emissions, suggesting his government might be open to scrapping the policy — an apparent shift from his commitment to it earlier this year.

Speaking to reporters in Ottawa, Carney was asked if he is considering dropping the cap and the tanker ban along the B.C. coast — two measures the oil and gas industry and the Alberta government are calling on Ottawa to repeal.

"It depends," he said, before launching into an explanation of his government's goal of lowering emissions from the energy, mining and manufacturing sectors to make their products more competitive globally.

"In order to satisfy all those conditions, it depends on what's done. What this government is

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