Politicians should keep their promises to fight climate change, or face lawsuits
Tom Mulcair and some old colleagues from all sides of the political spectrum recently got together and came up with a way to make current governments perform better on the climate file. Keep your promises, or face lawsuits. The catch phrase is to create an 'obligation of result.'
HALIFAX—A few weeks ago, David Suzuki made what to me was a stunning statement. “Environmentalists can’t save the environment.”
After all, if they couldn’t, who could?
There were a lot of reasons for Suzuki’s conclusion, but at its heart it came down to this. A much bigger tent was nee...
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