Trudeau’s climate strategy a master class in greenwashing

On climate change, Canada’s politicians have created a culture of excuses, blame games, outright denials, and fatalistic calls for adaptation strategies. Except for Green Leader Elizabeth May.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has enshrined a net-zero goal by 2050 into law, but the data suggests that won’t be met, writes Bhagwant Sandhu.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY BHAGWANT SANDHU

May 29, 2024

OTTAWA—Spring is over. In Canada this means that wildfire season has started, and it will soon pick up speed. Evacuations will kick in, and it’ll get hard to breathe the air. That is the new normal. So is the culture of excuses, blame games, outright denials, and fatalis...

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