The future cost of Canada-EU’s LNG acceleration

It is time for leaders to answer to their earlier selves—not out of nostalgia, but because they once understood something essential: the climate emergency does not wait. Every decision that prolongs fossil dependence narrows the margin of manoeuvre available to future generations.
Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives for the Liberal caucus meeting in the West Block on Parliament Hill on Sept. 19, 2026.

MONTREAL—When Prime Minister Mark Carney entered office, many expected him to apply the same economic logic to climate policy that he had championed on the world stage. Yet, today he has become one of the most prominent defenders of expanding Canada’s fossil-fuel supply....

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