As prime minister Justin Trudeau trails in polls, opposition seek to persuade voters environmental policy is a burdenMass hunger and malnutrition. A looming nuclear winter. An existential threat to the Canadian way of life. For months, the country’s Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has issued dire and increasingly apocalyptic warnings about the future. The culprit? A federal carbon levy meant to curb greenhouse gas emissions.In the House of Commons this month, the Tory leader said there was only one way to avoid the devastating crisis: embattled prime minister Justin Trudeau must “call a ‘carbon tax’ election”. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/05/canadas-carbon-tax-is-popular-innovative-and-helps-save-the-planet-but-now-it-faces-the-axe
Author : Leyland Cecco in Toronto
Publish date : 2024-10-05 17:00:31
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Canada’s carbon tax is popular, innovative and helps save the planet – but now it faces the axe
