A federal minister said Justin Trudeau’s Liberal administration wants to battle climate change alongside Alberta’s new conservative premier.

After fighting against Ottawa’s climate policy, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith will meet Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson on Monday.

In her victory address, Smith pledged to oppose the federal oil and gas emissions cap and clean electricity requirements. In a Calgary Herald interview on Tuesday, she claimed she “prefer collaboration.”

Wilkinson told Reuters he “would certainly prefer to collaborate as well.”

“Starting that positive conversation about how we can work together” is the goal of this initial meeting, he said.

After Smith frequently criticized the federal government’s “job-killing” climate aims, Trudeau’s sympathetic tone may assist him in advancing his climate plan.

Trudeau needs Alberta, Canada’s most polluting province, to meet his government’s 2030 carbon emission reduction goals. Trudeau’s legacy is greening Canada’s oil-rich economy.

Alberta’s first climate plan, unveiled in April by Smith, aims for net-zero emissions by 2050 without interim benchmarks.

The minister said the government is still developing the regulatory framework for a clean power grid by 2035 and the oil-and-gas emissions cap and is seeking “thoughtful input and feedback as we move forward.”

Smith campaigned against the high costs of switching to a net-zero grid in 12 years. Still, Wilkinson pointed to the federal government’s C$26 billion ($19.5 billion) investment tax incentives, introduced in this year’s budget, to help utilities transition away from fossil fuels.

Grid dependability and transition costs are valid considerations. “I think we can work on those,” the minister stated. Businesses will require clean power, “and that means that the grid is going to need to be clean.”

Smith said the oil-and-gas cap is a production cap.

“What we want to do is ensure that… the emissions reduction cap is technically feasible, but a bit ambitious,” Wilkinson said.

“We are cutting emissions to fulfill our scientifically informed climate goals. “But we must be sensitive to regional economies,” he continued.

The prime minister’s tone was more antagonistic earlier this year.

“One of the challenges is there is a political class in Alberta that has decided that anything to do with climate change is going to be bad for them or for Alberta,” Trudeau told Reuters in January.