Efforts to fight climate change are on the agenda of a meeting of eastern Canadian premiers and New England governors later this month.
The meeting will include an energy forum to support a commitment by the premiers and governors to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Premier Wade MacLauchlan and Vermont Governor Philip Scott will co-chair the gathering on August 28th in Charlottetown.
It comes at a time of heightened focus on Canada-U-S relations, and during current negotiations on NAFTA and softwood lumber