Two of the main players in the Conservative leadership race have pitched plans to approve more Canadian energy products while backing away from the Liberals' strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
He said his plan would meet and eventually exceed a 30 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by the end of the decade. This is in line with the Liberals' former target.that it says would see it dramatically curb emissions to 40 to 45 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030.Poilievre has built political rallies around his promise to kill the carbon tax. Asked today about setting emissions targets, he said his environmental plan will be released "well before the next election.
"The reality is we have just eight years to reduce emissions and we have never meaningfully reduced emissions in Canada," he said. While Poilievre repeatedly referred to Canadian energy as "clean," one academic said that description is "wildly inaccurate" right now. "I will approve all of the projects that prove to be safe for the environment, after consultations with our First Nations, that generate paycheques for our people and displace dirty energy from foreign dictatorships," Poilievre said.The project was rejectedPoilievre said he would try to change the province's mind about the $14 billion plant and wharf project. The project also would have included a pipeline that would move Western gas across Ontario and through Quebec.
He also said he aims to increase the production of LNG and hydrogen to help Europe and Asia transition away from coal and Russian gas.
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