Prime Minister’s appointment of Steven Guilbeault, an environmental activist, to the portfolio of environment is the risk he’s willing to take this time
Two years ago, Justin Trudeau brought environmental activist Steven Guilbeault into his cabinet but didn’t dare make him environment minister. He was too much of an activist, too much of a red flag to the resource industry and business. Now he will steer Canada’s climate-change policy.
The point of appointing Mr. Guilbeault is precisely to send the message that Canada’s climate-change policy is shifting. When he came to power, Mr. Trudeau insisted a prime minister has to both fight climate change and to get Canada’s oil to market. On Tuesday, he talked about helping oil workers transition to new jobs and appointed an environment minister who never agreed with the Liberal government’s decision to buy the Trans Mountain Pipeline.
Of course, there is calculated political symbolism to all that – to Ms. Anand’s appointment, and to Mr. Guilbeault’s. And one thing Mr. Trudeau wanted was to shake up his team. The new cabinet lineup was supposed to signal that he wants to get some of that moving in his third term.
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