The urgency of confronting a warming world remains

As Mark Carney battles Donald Trump’s trade wars and confronts western alienation, he will also have to lead Canada’s heighten effort in the energy transition and prepare the country for the baked-in impacts of climate change.

Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives for the Liberal caucus meeting in West Block on May 25, 2025. While climate change policy appears to have receded as a priority for the Carney government, the urgency of confronting a warming world remains, writes Shawn McCarthy. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SHAWN MCCARTHY

June 11, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith emerged from the June 2 first ministers’ conference touting a “grand bargain” to fast-track new oil and gas infrastructure.

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