Poilievre Could Dial Back Canada’s Climate Gains, Globe Editorial Warns

The Globe says Canada has made at least some progress on climate emissions under Justin Trudeau’s Liberals. “Emissions in the oil and gas industry, for example, peaked eight years ago and have since fallen 7%, even as output rose,” the paper says. “Canada is still a long way from its goal to cut all emissions by 40% by 2030, but it’s made more progress than ever before.”

And Clean Energy Canada Executive Director Mark Zacharias writes that Poilievre’s gains in the polls may be jeopardized by his climate policies.

“Setting aside for a moment the fact that most Canadian voters want their government to both act on climate change and prepare Canada’s economy to compete in a world moving away from fossil fuels, there’s another reason to pay attention to the global economic transition toward a cleaner economy: self-preservation,” he writes.

Young Voters Care About Equity, Poverty

“On all their top issues (aside from climate change), Gen Z says the Conservatives or NDP are best poised to address the issue, with the Conservative party best suited to address their economic concerns and the NDP best positioned to address the social issues they deem important,” Abacus says.

A recent episode of the Backbench podcast showed how Gen Zers may also be less interested in partisan politics. Guests on the podcast expressed varying levels of disillusionment and frustration with the political climate, polarization, and government processes. At the same time, the conversations indicated that this generation is very politically active and finding other ways to engage with issues through grassroots action.

“In Canada, we technically have a multi-party system, but traditionally—in terms of looking at just the trends of political history—only two parties have held political office,” one young person told the Backbench. “Federally, I personally don’t see myself fitting neatly within either of those two parties. And I feel like a lot of people within my generation would probably agree with that.”|Read more https://www.theenergymix.com/2023/09/12/poilievre-could-dial-back-canadas-climate-gains-globe-editorial-warns/|

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