“Political risks to Canada’s 590,000 b/d Trans Mountain oil pipeline have grown as tight polls ahead of Monday’s federal election increase the odds of a minority government, even though both leading candidates support the project,” S&P Global Platts wrote last Friday. “Under an election scenario that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party wins the most votes but not enough for a majority government, he would need New Democratic or Green Party support to stay in power. Both parties have campaigned on stopping the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion to British Columbia.”
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With the NDP and Green Party hearing and amplifying that call, “I’d like to think [the Liberals] have had a wake-up call, that this election has been a bit hair-raising for them, and the call for real climate action in this country is stronger than the call for more oil and gas,” Lash said.
Liberal Minority: Trudeau Fights Campaign with Climate at the Centre, and Wins – The Energy Mix
“This election was essentially a referendum on climate change action, and Canadians voted a strong ‘yes!’” said Environmental Defence Executive Director Tim Gray. “Although the majority of Canadians didn’t vote for any one political party, the majority of Canadians did vote for a more ambitious climate action plan. Now the parties and members of parliament must work together across party lines to forge an alliance to deliver action in line with what Canadians are expecting, and what science tells us must be done.”
What Albertans can expect now that a Liberal minority has been re-elected | CBC News
No doubt, Justin Trudeau and his re-elected party will first
try to please voters in Ontario. Then Quebec. Then B.C. Then, in rough
order, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador,
P.E.I., Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon and Saskatchewan.
try to please voters in Ontario. Then Quebec. Then B.C. Then, in rough
order, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador,
P.E.I., Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon and Saskatchewan.
Finally, stubbornly conservative Alberta.
Ignored and Ignited: Affordable housing crisis has some Canadians feeling trapped
Terry O’Connor is the new face of Canada’s affordable housing
crisis. He may have a full-time job as a truck driver in Pemberton,
B.C., but he can’t afford to rent an apartment for his family.
crisis. He may have a full-time job as a truck driver in Pemberton,
B.C., but he can’t afford to rent an apartment for his family.
O’Connor says they’re stuck living in an old trailer.
“We’re five people living in 540 square feet,” he says. “I’ve got two animals. I can’t go anywhere.”
For a special election series called Ignored and Ignited, Global News asked people to send in issues they feel are being ignored in this federal election campaign, or that have them excited.