Trump and Trudeau: double trouble on climate change

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s promises don’t add up, never have, and the world is starting to notice.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau keeps proclaiming that Canada can have environmental sustainability and more fossil fuel exports at the same time. So it's full steam ahead for oil pipelines, liquified natural gas plants, and continued $3.3-billion government subsidies to big oil, including new 'incentives' for PacificNorthWest’s proposed LNG project in northern British Columbia, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY SUSAN RILEY

November 21, 2016

GATINEAU, QUE.—The election of Donald Trump is not good news for the environment, but it doesn’t mean the end of progress and it certainly doesn’t mean that Canada should abandon its timid steps towards sustainability—including the proposed federal carbon tax. In fact, the immediate challen...

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