What a Liberal minority government means for Canada’s environment | The Narwhal
What we know is this: the Liberals need 13
extra seats to stay in power. As of Tuesday morning, the Conservatives
won 121 seats, the NDP won 24 seats, the Bloc Quebecois won 32 seats and
the Greens won three seats.
extra seats to stay in power. As of Tuesday morning, the Conservatives
won 121 seats, the NDP won 24 seats, the Bloc Quebecois won 32 seats and
the Greens won three seats.
The Liberals could work with either the NDP or the Bloc Quebecois (or some combination thereof) and remain in power.
Both the NDP and the Bloc have strong
environmental platforms — arguably stronger than the Liberals — so if
anything the Liberals can be expected to take a stronger stance on
environmental issues.
There’s much we don’t know, but here are a few things we can reasonably expect to happen on the environment file.