Posted AT 3:33 AM EST on 31/10/06
PM, Layton to negotiate over clean-air legislation
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper and NDP Leader Jack Layton are scheduled to meet today to try to find common ground over the Conservative government's controversial environmental legislation, as political parties jockey in the run-up to what many believe will be a spring election.
The legislation has been criticized for its far-in-the-future target to cut greenhouse emissions in half by 2050.
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