As he touted the Liberals’ commitment to a green energy transition,
slammed right-wing climate deniers, and invoked the work of activist
sensation Greta Thunberg, Trudeau was speaking in the shadow of his own
plans to massively expand fossil fuel infrastructure.

Trudeau’s presser was held at a clean technology company’s facility
located just a couple of kilometres from the Kinder Morgan tank farm on
the slope of Burnaby Mountain, through which Trudeau has pledged to
build a massive new “twinned” pipeline.

Establishment politicians all over
the world are aiming to discursively co-opt Greta Thunberg and the
climate strike, while avoiding the radical implications and demands of
the movement.

“Last Friday, we saw historic demonstrations for climate action
around the world,” Trudeau said in Burnaby, referring to the global
climate strike actions taking place all this week. “We are living in a
pivotal, breathtaking moment … people are waking up. And it’s because
young people, led by 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, are driving the
conversation.”

Trudeau should keep Greta Thunberg’s name out of his mouth, because
he’s exactly the kind of climate hypocrite the Swedish teen so sharply
rebukes.