OTTAWA — Environment advocates say the federal government’s consultations ahead of the release of its climate competitiveness strategy next week have focused in part on making industrial carbon pricing a cornerstone of the new plan.

Two senior officials at national environmental advocacy groups who met with the federal ministers developing the plan in recent weeks say the emphasis on industrial carbon pricing in their discussions — and Prime Minister Mark Carney’s commitment to it during the election — makes them confident the government is planning major changes to the policy.

They asked not to be named due to the private nature of the meetings with the government. Both told The Canadian Press Carney has given the strategy a great deal of personal attention.

The prime minister has prom

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