Trudeau needs Tory voice for climate action

His plan rests on a fragile political infrastructure that could be blown away by contrary electoral winds.

On climate action, Progressive Conservative Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister, not pictured, has more in common with Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, left, than with Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Trudeau. Liberal B.C. Premier Christy Clark, right, is also taking her distance from her federal counterpart, writes Chantal Hébert.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY CHANTAL HÉBERT

December 14, 2016

MONTREAL—Consider this: The first federal-led attempt to put in place a pan-Canadian climate framework got off the ground a bit more than 12 months ago, almost two decades after Jean Chrétien agreed to the Kyoto Protocol in 1997. To put that in perspective, it took Pierre Trudeau more than a dec...

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