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[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 month ago

When Justin Trudeau was elected in 2015, he touted his government’s climate credentials on the world stage. “Canada is back, my friends,” he told delegates at the Paris climate summit. “We’re here to help.” His government rolled out a nationwide carbon tax (or as the then environment minister Catherine McKenna called it, a “price on pollution”).

But in the years since, Canada remains the only G7 nation to emit greenhouse gases far above its 1990 levels – while now also planning to extract and export record volumes of oil.

We'll fix the contradiction by electing a government that doesn't even promise to help.

[-] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

The carbon tax is largey ineffective if we don't provide alternatives. I can't really stop buying gas for my beater car if i cant afford the new luxury EVs or get on the transit that barely exists and takes 3 times as long

[-] Eczpurt@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

We are definitely in a spot where the government is actively working against their "goals".

[-] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

My car is dying and now feels like an awful time to buy.

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