Steve MacLellan

“A senior government official who was not authorized to speak publicly about cabinet decision-making said there is a large consensus in the country about the importance of fighting climate change and diversifying the economy,” the Globe states. “The Greens and the NDP have similar environmental policies as the Liberals, and the Bloc Québécois would likely support some of the environmental agenda.”

Citing the Liberals’ campaign commitments to “act on clean fuel standards, the phaseout of coal, electric vehicles, green finance, energy efficiency, and renewable energy,” the paper lists seven departments with major roles in delivering on the promise: Finance; Global Affairs; Innovation, Science and Economic Development; Environment; Natural Resources; Intergovernmental Affairs; and Justice.

The Globe quotes a Clean Energy Canada study, released last month at the height of the campaign, that shows the country’s green energy sector growing faster than the rest of the economy, employing 298,000 people in 2017, and on track to create 559,400 jobs by 2030.