Trudeau’s biggest challenge over next several years will be to cut GHGs

Dealing with climate change won’t be easy, especially for a government so anxious to claim bragging rights in the international community. The Trudeau government does at least seem to be trying, which is more than can be said of its predecessors. But there is a big difference between boastful aspiration and actual delivery. Implementation is still a challenge.

Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, pictured in this file photo, has been tasked in her mandate letter with making Canada do its part to ward off climate change while creating 'sustainable economic growth'. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

January 8, 2018

TORONTO—There’s probably no more difficult challenge facing the Trudeau government over the next several years than delivering on the country’s pledge to cut our greenhouse gas emissions—the promise made by the Trudeau government at the Paris Summit on climate change in December 2015. Canad...

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