It’s time for Trudeau to deliver on climate change

Getting a credible climate change action plan in place before the end of this year is likely to be one of the toughest and most important challenges facing the Trudeau government in its first mandate.

Next month, Justin Trudeau and his provincial counterparts will have to reach an agreement on how Canada will receive a set of recommendations from the federal and provincial environment ministers. Concluding an agreement will be tough, and Trudeau will face his most difficult challenge since becoming prime minister. It will give Canadians their first real chance to see what kind of leadership skills Trudeau has. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

September 19, 2016

TORONTO—Last December, a giddy and boastful Canadian delegation, led by newly elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, flew to Paris for the global summit on climate change. Canada, Trudeau boasted, “will take on a new leadership role internationally,” telling the delegations from some 197 count...

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