Canadians increasingly want government to meet climate targets, even if it means higher energy prices, polls suggest

The worsening war in Ukraine and rapidly rising fuel costs may put peoples’ climate ambition and acceptance of price increases to the test.
Climate change and energy are global issues all countries are dealing with. Canadians’ perceptions of our credibility on the international stage can only be described as tepid, albeit improved compared to 2015, write Monica Gattinger and Nik Nanos.
Faced with the fall out of a pandemic, concern about the rising cost of living, and emergence of the war in Ukraine, how are Canadians thinking about our climate and energy policies? One would think a focus on energy and environment would take a back seat or even be stowed away in the public policy...

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