Max Fawcett: The only place where the environment isn't a higher priority than the economy is—you guessed it—the Prairies
This summer, federal Conservatives will gather in Toronto during Pride Week to pick the next leader of their party. And while the timing might seem to be an unforced error, given the previous leader’s unwillingness to march in the annual parade, it could actually be a form of insurance.
In the 2019 election, more than six in 10 Canadians cast a ballot for parties that support the idea of a carbon tax. That proportion is unlikely to decrease in the next election as more young people—inspired perhaps by Greta Thunberg’s activism or images of the damage caused by Australia’s bushfires—become eligible to vote for the first time. And according to a recent Nanos Research poll published in the Globe and Mail, more Canadians ranked the environment as their top issue than the economy .
In fact, it’s reminiscent of an early episode of “South Park” that aired in 1998, when it was in its second season. In it, a group of so-called “underpants gnomes” set out to collect underpants from local townspeople as part of a plan to make money. Their business plan, they said, is simple: “Phase one, collect underpants.
But as the Ecofiscal Commission’s Jason Dion wrote in Policy Options back in June, anyone who thinks Canada will be able to get credit for emissions reductions associated with LNG exports is engaged in wishful thinking: “Canada would be asking for a benefit in exchange for something that the foreign business is already paying the market rate for.”
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