OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government is scrapping plans for a major national climate policy and immediately suspending another in Alberta alone, as part of a wide-ranging accord that softens federal measures for the oil-rich province and sees Ottawa throw its support behind a controversial new pipeline proposal.

It marks a significant shift in the federal government’s approach to climate and energy politics, placing peace with Alberta over imposing national regulations that were favoured under Carney’s predecessor as prime minister, Justin Trudeau.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith hailed the agreement Thursday as a road map to “substantially work on removing and revising” federal environmental policies her government has railed against for years. Carney, for his part, n

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