Trudeau government’s climate announcement puts Liberals on spring election footing, say political players

‘It’s a major plank in our platform, and it’s a plan that I can tell that the Liberal caucus is very proud of,’ says Liberal MP Francis Scarpaleggia, the House Environment Committee chair.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a $15-billion plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions along with several other ministers on Dec. 11. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

December 21, 2020

The Liberal government’s $15-billion climate policy announcement, unveiled last Friday shortly after noon, is a wide-ranging plan to curb greenhouse gas emissions that will help set the stage for the Liberals to fight a spring election, say strategists, a Liberal MP...

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