A Faustian climate bargain

Canada is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 40 to 45 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030. However, given the trajectory we are on (planning a series of mega-projects that will have a significant impact on the environment), the government appears to be abdicating its responsibilities on this file.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured in a Hill scrum on Dec. 10, 2025. Judging by the MOU signed by Carney and the Alberta premier, climate change has fallen off the political agenda, writes Doreen Barrie. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DOREEN BARRIE

December 30, 2025

CALGARY—Judging by the MOU signed by the prime minister and the Alberta premier, climate change has fallen off the political agenda. It had already been displaced by more immediate problems like affordable housing, the price of groceries and the impact of American tariffs ...

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