canada climate politics
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Trudeau’s plan to fight climate change: A reality check
The federal government failed to spend billions of dollars it pledged on a host of climate change initiatives in recent years, raising questions about one of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s core policy commitments and the massive funding publicly devoted to it.
Parliament's climate debate is stuck in the past
Parliament's debate about climate policy seems stuck in the past. And that is sparing the Liberal government the burden of answering big questions about whether Canada is prepared for what's coming.
www.reuters.com
Canada's main opposition party changes climate change tack, backs carbon pricing
Canada's opposition Conservative Party on Thursday dropped its resistance to carbon pricing and adopted it as part of its own climate plan, reversing a long-held position that could put it at odds with some of its staunchest supporters.
globalnews.ca
Canadian oil sector welcomes federal aid for large firms despite climate change conditions
The oil and gas sector and the Alberta government are applauding a federal financing relief package for large Canadian companies despite conditions that could link the aid to an individual company's climate change goals.
www.nationalobserver.com
Ontario appeals to Supreme Court in fight against Ottawa's carbon price
The Doug Ford government is taking its fight against the federal government's price on pollution to the highest court in the country.
www.ctvnews.ca
25 arrested at climate protest outside Quebec premier's office
Montreal police say 25 people were arrested following a five-hour sit-in at a climate protest outside Premier Francois Legault's office.
www.thestar.com
Scheer fails to deliver realistic climate-change plan
Missing from the Conservative leader’s plan is any concrete notion of how Canada under a Conservative government would meet its Paris greenhouse-gas emission targets.
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