Keep dreaming for net zero by 2050—the country is not winning the battle against climate change

The Liberals have bludgeoned the Tories over their lack of a coherent climate change plan—and properly so. But if the cornerstone of the Liberals’ plan, the carbon tax, is not delivering results, the sting goes out of that criticism. What’s the difference between no plan, and a plan that isn’t working?

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has been told that only 45 per cent of the government’s carbon reduction plans had implementation deadlines. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

November 13, 2023

HALIFAX—In the roller-coaster ride of big-time politics, the ups and downs are to be expected.

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