Where does Carney stand on Canada's 2030 climate targets? It's not clear (www.cbc.ca)

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[-] Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca 2 points 19 hours ago

Polimeter...org showed promise and success of Justin Trudeau. I hope they setup one for Carney.

[-] patatas@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

A gentle reminder that the Carney Liberals have indicated they will be cutting the CBC’s funding despite campaigning on increasing it.

Cutting the CBC’s funding will reduce the proportion of Canadian media that is Canadian owned and operated.

[-] Davriellelouna@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

What Marc Carney should do :

Invest in nuclear technology
Create tough fuel efficiency norms. Canadians currently drive the least fuel-efficient vehicles in the entire world. Canada aligned its vehicle norms with the United States. An incredibly stupid decision.
A carbon tax that wires money directly to Canadians every month to change incentives simply won't work. It's good in theory but it has become politically toxic because of Pierre Poilievre's AX THE TAX campaign.
Consider politically acceptable measures to reduce meat consumption or help cattle farmers transition from to chicken farming. I have no idea what those measures could be. I feel any decision will lead to complete hysteria from the far-right.
Reform the Federal Lobbying Act to significantly increase the powers of the Lobbying Commissioner.
Cut ALL Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows contracts from all government departments. Switch to Linux and LibreOffice. Save billions.
Require all car ads to encourage people to walk, bike or take public transit for short term distances. France has this rule.
Announce there will be no federal housing money for cities that don't get rid of parking mandates.
Create National Wildfire Fund to help Wildfire victims. The fund will be funded by a $1 tax on all flights and a 1% sales tax on all Plastic Bottles. Going above that would lead to popular backlash.
Significantly increase taxes on private jet fuel. It's currently barely taxed. You could multiply the price by 3 or 4 and private jet users would not even feel it.
Massive investment in the train network. New rail stations all across the country.
Build high speed train line between London-Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal-Quebec. A high speed train line between Edmonton-Calgary. It just makes sense.

What Marc Carney will actually do:

[-] patatas@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

On nuclear: my understanding from reading a bunch of stuff about the energy transition is that nuclear is expensive, slow to be built, is safe until it isn't, and continues to have the unsolved problem of storing radioactive waste.

Whereas wind + solar + storage are inexpensive and quick to build. They require material resources though, to be sure.

With you on basically all the other stuff though!

[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago

Agreed. At this point, I'm not against nuclear, but I don't think reactors can be brought online quickly enough.

[-] garden 2 points 1 day ago

I'll be voting for Davriellelouna in the next election

[-] FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

They are taking a back seat to our economic survival. Can't save the world if we are slaves to the orange menace.

[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

No. That's a false dichotomy.

We need to upgrade our energy grid to be more resilient and have more east/west links. That's a great time to add more renewables, and fix aging dams.

We need to reduce reliance on the US economy. That's a great opportunity to improve our fuel efficiency requirements on vehicles, and start importing from elsewhere. Even better, we can start improving transit, so we don't need those vehicles.

We need to resolve the housing crisis. As we're building more social housing, we can add requirements for improved energy efficiency and transit accessibility.

If we want to be independent from the US, we need to act in our own interest. Mitigating climate change is definitely in our own interest.