Unclear if Liberals would say no to new fossil fuel projects over time, says environmental group

'They seem to be making a calculation that their supporters don’t care about environmental protection, and I think that calculation is wrong,' says Catherine Abreu of the Conservatives' refusal to respond to the survey.

Climate change protesters, pictured Sept. 27, 2019, on Parliament Hill. It's estimated some 5,000 protesters were on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

October 1, 2019

A re-elected Liberal government would commit to legislating Canada’s targets to reduce emissions, along with a host of other climate measures, but it’s unclear if it would decline to approve new fossil fuel projects over time, according to a survey released on Tue...

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